Exodus 1:13

New International Reader's Version

They made them work hard. They didn’t show them any pity.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to him, “You can be sure of what I am about to tell you. For 400 years, your family who comes after you will be strangers in another country. They will become slaves there and will be treated badly.

1 Kings 12:14

Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said, “My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.’ ”

Psalm 105:25

He made the Egyptians hate his people. The Egyptians made evil plans against them.

Exodus 1:14

The people suffered because of their hard labor. The slave drivers forced them to work with bricks and mud. And they made them do all kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians didn’t show them any pity at all. They made them work very hard.

Proverbs 28:15

An evil person who rules over helpless people is like a roaring lion or an angry bear.

Leviticus 25:43

Show them pity when you rule over them. Have respect for God.

Deuteronomy 4:20

Egypt was like a furnace that melts iron down and makes it pure. But the Lord took you and brought you out of Egypt. He wanted you to be his very own people. And that’s exactly what you are.