Verse 14
Exodus 1:14
World English Bible, British Edition
14
and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in
brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them
serve.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְמָרְר֨וּ אֶת חַיֵּי/הֶ֜ם בַּ/עֲבֹדָ֣ה קָשָׁ֗ה בְּ/חֹ֨מֶר֙ וּ/בִ/לְבֵנִ֔ים וּ/בְ/כָל עֲבֹדָ֖ה בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה אֵ֚ת כָּל עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔/ם אֲשֶׁר עָבְד֥וּ בָ/הֶ֖ם בְּ/פָֽרֶךְ
English Translation
And they made their lives bitter with hard service in clay and bricks and in all manner of work in the field, all their service which they worked with them in rigor.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
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man and his household came...
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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5
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph
was in Egypt already.
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6
Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
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7
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and grew exceedingly...
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8
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
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He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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10
Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen
that when any war breaks out, t...
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11
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their
burdens. They built storage citi...
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12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more
they spread out. They starte...
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13
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
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14
and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in
brick, and in all kinds of servi...
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and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women,
and see them on the birth...
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17
But the midwives feared God (Elohim), and didn’t do what the king
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18
The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have
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19
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like the Egyptian women; for they are...
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20
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and grew very mighty.
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21
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22
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