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Exodus 1:13

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So the Egyptians forced the people of Israel to work even harder.

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Then the Lord said to Abram, “You should know these things: Your descendants will live in a country that is not their own. They will be strangers there. And the people there will make them slaves and do bad things to them for 400 years.

He did what his friends told him to do. Rehoboam said, “My father forced you to work hard. So I will give you even more work. My father used whips to force you to work. I will beat you with whips that have sharp pieces of metal in them [151] to cut you!”

My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”

So the Egyptians began to hate\par Jacob’s family.\par They made plans against their slaves.\par

The Egyptians made life hard for the Israelites. They forced the Israelites to work very hard making bricks and mortar. They also forced them to work hard in the fields. They forced them to work very hard in everything they did.

When an evil person rules over weak people, he is like an angry lion or a bear that is ready to fight.

You must not be a cruel master to this person. You must respect your God.

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt and made you his own special people. It was as if the Lord reached into a hot furnace for melting iron and pulled you out of that fire. And now you are his people!




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