Exodus 1:13
New Revised Standard Version
The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites,

Contemporary English Version
and made them work so hard

New American Bible
So the Egyptians reduced the Israelites to cruel slavery,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:

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And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:

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Context
Oppression by a New King
12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied and increased. 13And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:13
And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

Exodus 1:14
And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.

Leviticus 25:43
Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.

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.

1 Kings 12:14
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

Exodus 1:12
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