Exodus 1:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Gen 47:11 : 11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  • Exod 2:11 : 11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
  • Deut 26:6 : 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
  • Ps 81:6 : 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
  • Ps 105:13 : 13 When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
  • 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
  • 2 Chr 8:4 : 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
  • Ps 68:13 : 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
  • Exod 5:4-6 : 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
  • Exod 5:15 : 15 ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
  • Exod 6:6-7 : 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Num 20:15 : 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

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    12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

    13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

    14And 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.

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    12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

    13And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

    14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, [and] demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

    15¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

    16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.

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    8¶ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

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    6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

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    9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

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    5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

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