11 So they appointed (A)taskmasters over them to oppress them with [a](B)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh (C)storage cities, Pithom and (D)Raamses.

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  1. Exodus 1:11 Lit their burdens

11 So they put slave masters(A) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(B) and they built Pithom and Rameses(C) as store cities(D) for Pharaoh.

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Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of [a]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

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  1. Judges 3:8 Heb Aram-naharaim

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(A) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(B) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](C) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

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  1. Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

15 I was miserable and (A)about to die from my youth on;
I suffer (B)Your terrors; I grow weary.

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15 From my youth(A) I have suffered(B) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(C) and am in despair.(D)

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