Exodus 1:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for 400 years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them,

Exodus 2:11

After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them.

Genesis 47:11

Joseph obeyed the king's orders and gave his father and brothers some of the best land in Egypt near the city of Rameses.

Psalm 81:6

“I lifted the burden from your shoulder and took the heavy basket from your hands.

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians were cruel and had no pity on us. They mistreated our people and forced us into slavery.

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors settled in Egypt and lived there a long time. But later the Egyptians were cruel to us,

Proverbs 27:4

An angry person is dangerous, but a jealous person is even worse.

Psalm 105:13

We wandered from nation to nation, from one country to another.

Psalm 68:13

And for those who stayed back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with silver-coated wings and shiny gold feathers.”

2 Chronicles 8:4

He ordered his workers to build the town of Tadmor in the desert and some towns in Hamath where he could keep his supplies.

1 Kings 9:19

They also built towns where he could keep his supplies and his chariots and horses. Solomon ordered them to build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere in his kingdom.

Exodus 5:15

Finally, the men in charge of the slaves went to the king and said, “Why are you treating us like this?

Exodus 1:14

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

Exodus 5:10

The slave bosses and the men in charge of the slaves went out and told them, “The king says he will not give you any more straw.

2 Chronicles 16:4

Benhadad did what Asa asked and sent the Syrian army into Israel. They captured the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-Maim, and all the towns in Naphtali where supplies were kept.

Psalm 129:1

Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! Let everyone in Israel say:

Exodus 5:8

but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God.

Psalm 129:2

“Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! But they have not defeated me,