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Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

KJV

oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis,

Vulgate

καὶ κατεδυνάστευον οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ βίᾳ,

LXX

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲבִ֧דוּ מִצְרַ֛יִם אֶת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּ/פָֽרֶךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
פָֽרֶךְ
prk
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Refutation of another argument adduced by the Marcionites, that God directed the Hebrews to spoil the Egyptians. 1. Those, again, who cavil and find fault because the people did, by God's command, upon the eve of their departure, take vessels of all kinds and raiment from the Egyptians, and so went away, from which [spoils], too, the tabernacle was constructed in the wilderness…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 17:9 — Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as
  • Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
  • Exod 3:9 — Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
  • Ezek 34:4 — The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither hav
  • Lev 25:43 — Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.