Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
Numbers 20:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How our fathers went down to Egypt; we dwelt there a long time, and the Egyptians dealt evilly with us and our fathers. American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible How our ancestors went down to Egypt and lived in Egypt for a long time. The Egyptians oppressed us as they had our ancestors, Catholic Public Domain Version how our fathers descended into Egypt, and we lived there for a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted both us and our fathers, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. |
Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his offspring with him came to Egypt.
His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.
On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, ‘Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.’
‘When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.’
Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’
We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, ‘This is what your brother Israel says, “You know all the hardships that have overtaken us.
When we cried out to the Lord, he heard our plea, and sent an angel, , and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your territory.
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn’t survive.
But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, and forced us to do hard labour.