Exodus 1:11
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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
In other translations
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Hebrew words
וַיָּשִׂימוּvaiyasimuand they appointedH7760עָלָיו'alavover itH5921שָׂרֵיsareioverseers ofH8269מִסִּיםmisimslave gangsH4522לְמַעַןlema'anso asH4616עַנֹּתוֹanototo afflict itH6031בְּסִבְלֹתָםbesivlotamwith forced labor theirH5450וַיִּבֶןvaiyivenand it builtH1129עָרֵי'areicities ofH5892מִסְכְּנוֹתmiskenotstorageH4543לְפַרְעֹהlefar'ohfor PharaohH6547אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פִּתֹםpitomPithomH6619וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853רַעַמְסֵס׃ra'amsesRamesesH7486
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Related verses
- Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Genesis 47:11And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 2:11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
- Psalm 81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
- Deuteronomy 26:6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
- Exodus 6:6-76 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- Numbers 20:15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
- 2 Chronicles 8:4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
- 1 Kings 9:19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (Exodus 1)