Deuteronomy 26:6
in Deuteronomy 26But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
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ASV
And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
KJV
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
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And the Egyptians evil entreated us
on Deuteronomy 26:6-8
The confession moves into the first person plural here and stays there, so a farmer born in the land says that the Egyptians afflicted us. What God did is given as a chain, we cried and he heard and looked and brought us forth, which is the order of Exodus 2:23-25. The pairing of a mighty hand with a stretched out arm is this book's standing phrase for the exodus, at 4:34, 5:15, 7:19 and 11:2, and it is put in the mouth of a man carrying produce.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and that a great while: as their father was called a Syrian, they might be called Egyptians; so that their possession of Canaan being so long discontinued they could not pretend any tenant-right to it.
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And the Egyptians evil entreated us,.... Ordered their male children to be killed by the midwives, and by another edict to be drowned by the people: and afflicted us; by setting taskmasters over them, who put heavy burdens upon them: and laid upon us hard bondage; in mortar and brick, and all manner of field service, in which they made them serve with rigour, and whereby their lives were made bitter; see Exo 1:9.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ | vaiyareu | and they did harm to | H7489 → | 107 times |
| אֹתָ֛נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּצְרִ֖ים | hamitzrim | the Egyptians | H4713 → | |
| וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּ | vayanunu | and they afflicted us | H6031 → | 82 times |
| וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ | vaiyitenu | and they put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עָלֵ֖ינוּ | ʾaleinu | on us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֲבֹדָ֥ה | ʾavodah | labor | H5656 → | |
| קָשָֽׁה׃ | kashah | hard | H7186 → | 36 times |
וַיָּרֵ֧עוּand they did harm to
vaiyareuH7489 →107 times
אֹתָ֛נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
הַמִּצְרִ֖יםthe Egyptians
hamitzrimH4713 →
וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּand they afflicted us
vayanunuH6031 →82 times
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּand they put
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
עָלֵ֖ינוּon us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
עֲבֹדָ֥הlabor
ʾavodahH5656 →
קָשָֽׁה׃hard
kashahH7186 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
it leads to
- Acts 7:19
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 7:19
Through
Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
it leads to
- Genesis 15:13
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 2:11
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
- Genesis 47:11
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- Genesis 15:13
Through
Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:51
For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
- Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My…
- 1 Kings 8:51
Through
Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:15
how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
- Numbers 20:15
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.