Exodus 1:14

and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

In Context

13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

15And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah

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Cross References

Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

Exodus 5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Exodus 6:9And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit, and from hard service.

Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

Leviticus 25:53As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

Deuteronomy 4:20But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:9-15

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,… Read the whole commentary →

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