15 (A)how our fathers went down to Egypt, (B)and we lived in Egypt a long time. (C)And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.

Read full chapter

And (A)the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor.

Read full chapter

40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Read full chapter

They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and (A)came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,

Read full chapter

15 And (A)Jacob went down into Egypt, and (B)he died, he (C)and our fathers,

Read full chapter

13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain (A)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and (B)they will be afflicted for (C)four hundred years.

Read full chapter

19 (A)He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, (B)so that they would not be kept alive.

Read full chapter

13 Is it (A)a small thing that you have brought us up out of (B)a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also (C)make yourself a prince over us?

Read full chapter

(A)We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

Read full chapter

14 And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's (A)taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:22 Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews

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

Read full chapter

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with heavy (B)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (C)store cities, Pithom and (D)Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel (E)work as slaves 14 and (F)made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

John, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
John, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
Retail: $6.99
Our Price: $4.79
Save: $2.20 (31%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
Retail: $129.99
Our Price: $75.99
Save: $54.00 (42%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Holy Bible for Kids, Softcover Economy Edition
ESV Holy Bible for Kids, Softcover Economy Edition
Retail: $9.99
Our Price: $6.99
Save: $3.00 (30%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Economy Bible, Giant Print Softcover
ESV Economy Bible, Giant Print Softcover
Retail: $11.99
Our Price: $7.79
Save: $4.20 (35%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars