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Exodus 1:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 1:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 So taskmasters were set over the children of Israel to wear them down with forced labor. They built the supply cities[a] of Pithom and Raameses for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and grew beyond measure. The Egyptians began to dread the presence of the children of Israel 13 and therefore put them to work, treating them harshly.
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- Exodus 1:11 Supply cities is a military term (see 1 Ki 9:19). Pithom and Rameses are in the eastern part of the Nile Delta; Rameses is identified with either Tanis or El Qantara. Pharaoh: a royal title rather than a personal name.
