Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron [smelting] furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as [you are] this day.
Exodus 1:11
So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. And the sons of Israel built Pithom and Raamses as storage cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 5:9
Let labor be heavier on the men, and let them work [hard] at it so that they will pay no attention to [their God’s] lying words.”