Deuteronomy 26:6 BSB

Deuteronomy 26:6

But 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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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ	vai.ya.Re.'u	and they did harm to	H7489 →
אֹתָ֛נוּ	'o.Ta.nu	<obj.> us	H853 →
הַמִּצְרִ֖ים	ha.mitz.Rim	the Egyptians	H4713 →
וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּ	vay.'a.Nu.nu	and they afflicted us	H6031 →
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ	vai.yi.te.Nu	and they put	H5414 →
עָלֵ֖ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	on us	H5921 →
עֲבֹדָ֥ה	'a.vo.Dah	labor	H5656 →
קָשָֽׁה׃	ka.Shah	hard	H7186 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Exodus 1:22
Then 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.”
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 1:11
So 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.
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.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:20
Yet 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.
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…
Through
Exodus 1:14
and 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.
leads to
- Numbers 20:15
  how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Where the connections lead

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