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Exodus Chapter 1 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
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BBE Exodus 1:13

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
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DARBY Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
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KJV Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
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WBT Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor.
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WEB Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
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YLT Exodus 1:13

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - The Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. The word translated rigour is a very rare one. It is derived from a root which means "to break in pieces, to crush." The "rigour" would be shown especially in the free use of the stick by the taskmaster, and in the prolongation of the hours of work.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) With rigour.--Forced labour in Egypt was of a very severe character. Those condemned to it worked from morning to night under the rod of a task-master, which was freely applied to their legs or backs, if they rested their weary limbs for a moment. (See Records of the Past, vol. viii. p. 149; Chabas, Melanges Egyptolo-giques, vol. ii. p. 121). The heat of the sun was great; the burthens which the labourers had to carry were heavy, and the toil was incessant. Death often resulted from the, excessive work. According to Herodotus, a single monarch, Neco, destroyed in this way 120,000 of his subjects (Herod, ii. 158).