◄ Deuteronomy 26:6 ►
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Good News Translation
The Egyptians treated us harshly and forced us to work as slaves.

New Revised Standard Version
When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us,

Contemporary English Version
The Egyptians were cruel and had no pity on us. They mistreated our people and forced us into slavery.

New American Bible
When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing harsh servitude upon us,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:

Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.

Exodus 1:11,14,16,22 Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses. . . .

Exodus 5:9,19,23 Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words. . . .

Context
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…5And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude. 6And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:7And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:…
Cross References
Exodus 1:8
In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph:

Deuteronomy 26:7
And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:

Deuteronomy 26:5
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