Devarim 26:6

6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us avodah kashah (hard labor);

Devarim 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 26:6

And the Egyptians evil entreated us
Ordered their male children to be killed by the midwives, and by another edict to be drowned by the people:

and afflicted us;
by setting taskmasters over them, who put heavy burdens upon them:

and laid upon us hard bondage;
in mortar and brick, and all manner of field service, in which they made them serve with rigour, and whereby their lives were made bitter; see ( Exodus 1:9-22 ) .

Devarim 26:6 In-Context

4 And the kohen shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the mizbe’ach of Hashem Eloheicha.

5 And thou shalt speak and say before Hashem Eloheicha, An Aramean ready to perish was Avi, and he went down into Mitzrayim, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous;

6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us avodah kashah (hard labor);

7 And when we cried unto Hashem Elohei Avoteinu, Hashem heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression;

8 And Hashem brought us forth out of Mitzrayim with a yad chazakah, and with an outstretched zero’a, and with great awesomeness, and with otot, and with mofetim;