Exodus 1:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Accordingly, they set supervisors over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor.(A) Thus they had to build for Pharaoh[a] the garrison cities of Pithom and Raamses. 12 Yet the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians began to loathe the Israelites. 13 So the Egyptians reduced the Israelites to cruel slavery,
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- 1:11 Pharaoh: not a personal name, but a title common to all the kings of Egypt.
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