Exodus 1:11

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Summary

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

To afflict

Deuteronomy 26:6

Burdens

Psalm 105:13

Raamses

Genesis 47:11

Proverbs 27:4

General references

Exodus 5:5

Deuteronomy 26:6

Bible References

To afflict

And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

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

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Burdens

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

Raamses

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.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

General references

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: