Exodus 1:11

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Exodus 1:11 - Amplified Bible

So they set over [the Israelites] taskmasters to afflict {and} oppress them with [increased] burdens. And [the Israelites] built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:11 - American Standard Version

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

Exodus 1:11 - Bible in Basic English

So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 1:11 - Darby Bible

And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

Exodus 1:11 - English Standard Version

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 1:11 - King James Version

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

Exodus 1:11 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces pusieron sobre ellos capataces para oprimirlos con duros trabajos. Y edificaron para Faraòn las ciudades de almacenaje, Pitòn y Ramsés.

Exodus 1:11 - The Message

So they organized them into work-gangs and put them to hard labor under gang-foremen. They built the storage cities Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. But the harder the Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had—children everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn’t stand the Israelites and treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. They made them miserable with hard labor—making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload.

Exodus 1:11 - New American Standard Bible

So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 1:11 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Asì que pusieron sobre ellos capataces para oprimirlos con duros trabajos; y edificaron para Faraòn las ciudades de almacenaje, Pitòn y Ramsés.

Exodus 1:11 - World English Bible

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 1:11 - Young's Living Translation

And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

Exodus 1:11 - Additional Comments

This process reminds me of when the Nazis started making rules against the Israelites in Germany in the 1930's. They probably started hearing more and more shocking and troublesome rules directed specifically against them, until the oppression was in full force.
The length of time they were in Egypt was 430 years (Ex 12:40-41).

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