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

Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt, - and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains;

Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus to thy servants?

And he said to Abram - Thou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble them, four hundred years;

and how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we abode in Egypt, many days, rod that the Egyptians ill-treated us, and our fathers;

and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us, - and put upon us harsh service;

Burdens

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

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

Though ye rest between the folds, The wings of the dove, shall be covered with silver, And, her pinions, with green-shimmering gold.

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.

Raamses

So then Joseph fixed the dwelling of 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.

The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?

General references

And Pharaoh said, Lo! many - now, are the people of the land, - and are ye to make them rest from their burdens?

and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us, - and put upon us harsh service;