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Exodus 1:13-15
Contemporary English Version
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.
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- 1.15 Hebrew: An earlier term for “Israelite.”
Exodus 1:13-15
New International Version
Exodus 1:13-15
New International Version
13 and worked them ruthlessly.(A) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(B) in brick(C) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(D)
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives,(E) whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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