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When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us,(A)

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But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer,(A) subjecting us to harsh labor.(B)

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11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.(A)

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11 So they put slave masters(A) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(B) and they built Pithom and Rameses(C) as store cities(D) for Pharaoh.

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14 and made their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.(A)

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14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(A) in brick(B) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(C)

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20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron smelter, out of Egypt, to become a people of his very own possession, as you are now.(A)

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20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(A) out of Egypt,(B) to be the people of his inheritance,(C) as you now are.

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23 Since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you have done nothing at all to deliver your people.”(A)

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23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued(A) your people at all.”

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19 The Israelite supervisors saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You shall not lessen your daily number of bricks.”

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19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will pay attention to[a] it and not to deceptive words.”

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Footnotes

  1. 5.9 Sam Gk Syr: MT they will do

Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

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22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews[a] you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.22 Sam Gk Tg: Heb lacks to the Hebrews

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(A) but let every girl live.”(B)

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16 “When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”(A)

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16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”(A)

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