Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them. "
— Exodus 1:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:”
“And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: ”
“The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,”
“and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.”
“And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:”
“And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:”
“And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:”
Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”
And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.
And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.
And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them.
And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.
Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah)
instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”