Exodus 1:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore they 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 to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers 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 brothers, 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 happened in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Deut 26:6 : 6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
  • Ps 81:6 : 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the baskets.
  • 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 can stand before envy?
  • 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 And all the storage cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and whatever 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 you have lain among the pots, yet you shall 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 to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? Go back to your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now many, and you 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, Why do you deal this way with your servants?
  • Exod 6:6-7 : 6 Therefore, say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Num 20:15 : 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

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  • Exod 1:12-14
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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 serve with rigor:

    14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor.

  • Exod 5:12-16
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    12So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

    13And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your work, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

    14And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and questioned, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal this way with your servants?

    16There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.

  • Exod 5:4-6
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    4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? Go back to your burdens.

    5And Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.

    6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

  • Exod 1:8-10
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    8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

    9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

    10Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it happen, that when any war breaks out, they join also with our enemies, and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Exod 5:19-20
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    19And the officers of the children of Israel realized they were in trouble when it was said, You shall not diminish anything from your bricks of your daily task.

    20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way as they came out from Pharaoh:

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    9Let more work be laid upon the men, so they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words.

    10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says, I will not give you straw.

  • Exod 14:5
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    5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had 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?

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
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    18And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 14:11
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    11And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 14:3
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    3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are trapped in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.

  • Exod 6:9
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    9And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.