Exodus 1:11

New Living Translation

So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

1 Kings 9:19

He built towns as supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

2 Chronicles 16:4

Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all the store cities in Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 8:4

He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

Psalm 105:13

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

Psalm 129:1

From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:

Psalm 129:2

From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.

Psalm 68:13

Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures— doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold.

Psalm 81:6

“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.

Exodus 1:14

They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.

Exodus 2:11

Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

Exodus 5:10

So the slave drivers and foremen went out and told the people: “This is what Pharaoh says: I will not provide any more straw for you.

Exodus 5:15

So the Israelite foremen went to Pharaoh and pleaded with him. “Please don’t treat your servants like this,” they begged.

Exodus 5:8

But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.’

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there a long time, and we and our ancestors were brutally mistreated by the Egyptians.

Deuteronomy 26:6

When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,