And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Parallel translations
- WEB The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.
- BSB But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
- NKJV But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.
- NASB And the Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and imposed hard labor on us.
- NLT When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,
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Quick answer
The recital continues: the Egyptians oppressed and enslaved Israel with harsh labor. Remembering bondage magnifies the deliverance that followed.
Overview
The worshiper recalls the affliction of slavery, setting the dark backdrop against which God's redemption shines. Acknowledging past suffering and bondage deepens gratitude for rescue. This mirrors the gospel pattern, where recognizing our slavery to sin makes the liberty Christ purchased all the more precious (Romans 6:17-18).
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Cross-references · 8
- Exod 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exod 1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- Deut 4:20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
- Exod 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
- Exod 5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- Exod 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
- Exod 5:23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
- Exod 5:19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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