Exodus 1:12-14
1:12 But the more the Egyptians
oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread.
As a result the Egyptians loathed
the Israelites,
1:13 and they
made the Israelites serve rigorously.
1:14 They made their lives bitter
by
hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service
in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Exodus 1:22
1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”