Exodus 1:13

New American Bible - revised edition

So the Egyptians reduced the Israelites to cruel slavery,

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram: Know for certain that your descendants will reside as aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke to them as the young men had advised: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father put a heavy yoke on you; I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips; I will use scorpions!’”

Psalm 105:25

He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants deceitfully.

Exodus 1:14

making life bitter for them with hard labor, at mortar and brick and all kinds of field work—cruelly oppressed in all their labor. Command to the Midwives.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Leviticus 25:43

Do not lord it over them harshly, but stand in fear of your God.

Deuteronomy 4:20

but you the Lord has taken and led out of that iron foundry, Egypt, that you might be his people, his heritage, as you are today.