Exodus 1:13 meaning and explanation
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
Exodus 1:13, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh has already set taskmasters over the Israelites and forced them to build store cities, and now the narrator describes how that slavery actually felt day to day. The Egyptians worked them ruthlessly, a word that carries the sense of crushing or grinding, and the next verse spells out brick, mortar and field labor.
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