Exodus 1:11

Good News Translation

So the Egyptians put slave drivers over them to crush their spirits with hard labor. The Israelites built the cities of Pithom and Rameses to serve as supply centers for the king.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

The Lord said to him, “Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.

Genesis 47:11

Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king had commanded.

1 Kings 9:19

the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 16:4

Benhadad agreed to Asa's proposal and sent his commanding officers and their armies to attack the cities of Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the cities of Naphtali where supplies were stored.

2 Chronicles 8:4

and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies.

Psalm 105:13

They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.

Psalm 129:1

Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.

Psalm 129:2

“Ever since I was young, my enemies have persecuted me cruelly, but they have not overcome me.

Psalm 68:13

figures of doves covered with silver, whose wings glittered with fine gold. (Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?)

Psalm 81:6

“I took the burdens off your backs; I let you put down your loads of bricks.

Exodus 2:11

When Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his people, the Hebrews, and he saw how they were forced to do hard labor. He even saw an Egyptian kill a Hebrew, one of Moses' own people.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,

Exodus 5:10

The slave drivers and the Israelite foremen went out and said to the Israelites, “The king has said that he will not supply you with any more straw.

Exodus 5:15

Then the foremen went to the king and complained, “Why do you do this to us, Your Majesty?

Exodus 5:8

But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before, not one brick less. They don't have enough work to do, and that is why they keep asking me to let them go and offer sacrifices to their God!

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

Numbers 20:15

how our ancestors went to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated our ancestors and us,

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians treated us harshly and forced us to work as slaves.