Exodus 1:11
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11 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.
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Genesis 15:13
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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.
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Genesis 47:11
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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.
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Exodus 3:7
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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.
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Exodus 2:11
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Moses Escapes to Midian
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.
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Deuteronomy 26:6
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6 When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,
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Psalm 81:6
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6 “Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Numbers 20:15
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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.
Proverbs 27:4
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4 Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
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