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Exodus 1:11

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11Therefore they set taskmasters over them ito afflict them with heavy jburdens. They built for Pharaoh kstore cities, Pithom and lRaamses.

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Cross references

  1. ich. 3:7; Gen. 15:13; Deut. 26:6
  2. jch. 2:11; 5:4, 5; 6:6, 7; Ps. 81:6
  3. k[2 Chr. 16:4]
  4. l[ch. 12:37; Gen. 47:11]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they appointed commanders of forced labor over them in order to oppress them with their forced labor, and they built storage cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.