11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with their (B)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (C)supply cities, Pithom (D)and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (E)serve with [a]rigor.

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  1. Exodus 1:13 harshness

11 So they put slave masters(A) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(B) and they built Pithom and Rameses(C) as store cities(D) for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly.(E)

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