Exodus 1:13

13 And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor,

Exodus 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve
with rigour.
Or with breach ^F3, with what might tend to break their strength; they laid heavier burdens upon them, obliged them to harder service, used them more cruelly and with greater fierceness, adding to their hard service ill words, and perhaps blows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Krpb) "in fractione", Cajetan. apud Rivet.

Exodus 1:13 In-Context

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built the supply cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, so much that they loathed the sons of Israel.

13 And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor,

14 and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, making mortar and brick and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and another named Puah;