Exodus 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

KJV

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Taskmasters - The Egyptian “Chiefs of tributes.” They were men of rank, superintendents of the public works, such as are often represented on Egyptian monuments, and carefully distinguished from the subordinate overseers. The Israelites were employed in forced labor, probably in detachments, but they were not reduced to slavery, properly speaking, nor treated as captives of war. Amosis had special need of such laborers, as proved by the inscriptions. Treasure cities - “Magazines,” depots of ammunition and provisions 1Ki 9:19; 2Ch 8:4; 2Ch 32:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Pithom (Greek, Patumos), lay on the eastern Pelusiac branch of the Nile, about twelve Roman miles from Heliopolis; and Raamses, called by the Septuagint Heroopolis, lay between the same branch of the Nile and the Bitter Lakes.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ	vai.ya.Si.mu	and they appointed	H7760 →
עָלָיו֙	'a.Lav	over it	H5921 →
שָׂרֵ֣י	sa.Rei	overseers of	H8269 →
מִסִּ֔ים	mi.Sim	slave gangs	H4522 →
לְמַ֥עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
עַנֹּת֖וֹ	a.no.To	to afflict it	H6031 →
בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם	be.siv.lo.Tam	with forced labor their	H5450 →
וַיִּ֜בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and it built	H1129 →
עָרֵ֤י	'a.Rei	cities of	H5892 →
מִסְכְּנוֹת֙	mis.ke.nOt	storage	H4543 →
לְפַרְעֹ֔ה	le.far.'Oh	for Pharaoh	H6547 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פִּתֹ֖ם	pi.Tom	Pithom	H6619 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
רַעַמְסֵֽס׃	ra.'am.Ses	Rameses	H7486 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
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.
leads to
- Psalms 145:19
  He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalms 106:44
  Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Exodus 2:23–25
  After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Psalms 34:6
  This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
- Nehemiah 9:9
  You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Through
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.
leads to
- Acts 7:6–7
  God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Exodus 12:40–41
  Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
Through
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:24–26
  By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

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