Exodus 1:11; Exodus 1:12; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 22:22; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 32:18

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

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

3 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD , the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

22 "You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.

23 "If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;

18 But he said, "It is not the sound of the cry of triumph, Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat; But the sound of singing I hear."