Exodus 1:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ and made them work so hard ¹⁴ that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

¹⁵ Finally, the king called in Shiphrah and Puah, the two women who helped the Hebrew^[a] mothers when they gave birth.