Exodus 1:11

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So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."
  • Gen 47:11 : 11 So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  • Exod 2:11 : 11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
  • Deut 26:6 : 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.
  • Ps 81:6 : 6 He established it as a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, where I heard a language I did not understand.
  • Ps 105:13 : 13 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?
  • 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.
  • 2 Chr 8:4 : 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities that he had constructed in Hamath.
  • Ps 68:13 : 13 Kings of armies flee—they flee! And the woman at home divides the spoil.
  • Exod 5:4-6 : 4 But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their labor? Get back to your work." 5 And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!" 6 That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:
  • Exod 5:15 : 15 Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?"
  • Exod 6:6-7 : 6 Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will deliver you from their slavery and redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.' 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'
  • Num 20:15 : 15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

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  • Exod 1:12-14
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    12Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

    13The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves.

    14They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

  • Exod 5:12-16
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    12So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

    13The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you each day, just as when you had straw."

    14And Pharaoh's slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, "Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?"

    15Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?"

    16"No straw is given to your servants, yet we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people."

  • Exod 5:4-6
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    4But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their labor? Get back to your work."

    5And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!"

    6That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

  • Exod 1:8-10
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    8Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, arose to power in Egypt.

    9He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

    10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

  • Deut 26:6
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    6But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

  • Exod 5:19-20
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    19The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day."

    20When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,

  • Exod 5:9-10
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    9Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies."

    10So the slave drivers and overseers went out and said to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you any straw.'

  • Exod 14:5
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    5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the Israelites. They said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services!”

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
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    18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Taking men from Paran with them, they entered Egypt and went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who gave him a house, food, and land.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and commanded them to speak to the Israelites and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 14:11
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    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 14:3
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    3Pharaoh will think of the Israelites, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has trapped them.'

  • Exod 6:9
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    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.