Deuteronomy - 26:6

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6 The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 26:6.

Differing Translations

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And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens :
And the Egyptians ill-treated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;
And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:
And the Egyptians afflicted us, and they persecuted us, imposing upon us the most grievous burdens.
Molestia autem nos affecerunt Aegyptii, et affiixerunt nos, imposueruntque nobis servitutem duram.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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