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'And the aEgyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.
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Exodus 1:8-11
Exodus 1
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Now a new aking arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
9aHe said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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"Come, let us adeal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land."
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So they appointed ataskmasters over them to afflict them with bhard labor. And they built for Pharaoh cstorage cities, Pithom and dRaamses.