Exodus 1:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Egyptians decided to make life hard for the Israelites, so they put slave masters over the people. These masters forced the Israelites to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses for the king. The king used these cities to store grain and other things.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

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

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.

Exodus 2:11

Moses grew and became a man. He saw that his own people, the Hebrews, were forced to work very hard. One day he saw an Egyptian man beating a Hebrew man.

Genesis 47:11

Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, in the eastern part of the country, around Rameses.

Psalm 81:6

“I took the load from your shoulder. I let you drop the worker’s basket.

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians treated us badly. They made us slaves. They hurt us and forced us to work very hard.

Numbers 20:15

Many years ago our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there for many years. The people of Egypt were cruel to us.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and can destroy like a flood, but jealousy is much worse.

Psalm 105:13

They traveled around from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

Psalm 68:13

Those who stayed home will share in the wealth— metal doves with wings covered in silver and feathers sparkling with gold.”

2 Chronicles 8:4

He also built the town of Tadmor in the desert. He built all the towns in Hamath to store things in.

1 Kings 9:19

He also built cities where he could store grain, and he built places for his chariots and his horses. King Solomon also built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and all the places he ruled.

Exodus 5:15

Then the Hebrew foremen went to Pharaoh. They complained and said, “We are your servants. Why are you treating us like this?

Exodus 1:14

They made life hard for the Israelites. They forced the Israelites to work hard at making bricks and mortar and to work hard in the fields. The Egyptians showed no mercy in all the hard work they made the Israelites do!

Exodus 5:10

So the Egyptian slave masters and the Hebrew foremen went to the Israelites and said, “Pharaoh has decided that he will not give you straw for your bricks.

2 Chronicles 16:4

King Ben-Hadad made that agreement with King Asa and sent his army to fight against the Israelite towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and the storage cities in the area of Naphtali.

Psalm 129:1

All my life enemies have attacked me. Say it again, Israel.

Exodus 5:8

But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. They have gotten lazy. That is why they are asking me to let them go. They don’t have enough work to do. That is why they asked me to let them make sacrifices to their God.

Psalm 129:2

All my life enemies have attacked me, but they have never defeated me.