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Exodus 1:14 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Exodus 1:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 1 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.”
Exodus 1:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field (וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה, vayemareru et-chayeihem ba'avodah kashah)—Made bitter (מָרַר, marar) connects to the later Passover's maror (bitter herbs, 12:8), memorial of this suffering. Morter and brick describes clay brick production, confirmed by Egyptian tomb paintings showing Semitic slaves making mud bricks. All their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour—the repetition of "rigour" (בְּפָרֶךְ, befarekh) bookends the verse, emphasizing re...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 1:14
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“and mistreated our fathers”
“and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us”
“that the king of Egypt died”
“but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit”
“and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come”
“to undo the bands of the yoke”
“who have said to your soul”
“Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.,And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me., וַתֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶן אַל־תִּקְרֶאנָה לִי נָעֳמִי קְרֶאןָ לִי מָרָא כִּי־הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד׃ ,And she said unto them: Call me not Naomi [That is”
“Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.,And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;,וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה׃ ,And He said unto Abram: Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs”