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 selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.
Exodus 1:11
So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 5:9
Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”

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