King James Version

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

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וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּvayaavidvand keep in bondageעָבַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and keep in bondage”, the next action in the storyH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…מִצְרַ֛יִםmitsrayimof Egyptמִצְרִיnoun, proper name — “of Egypt”H4713a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimEgyptian, of Egypt.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּפָֽרֶךְbefarekhin crueltyפֶּרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in cruelty”, the ordinary formH6531fracture, i.e. severitycruelty, rigour.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

World English Bible

The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

Darby Translation

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

Douay-Rheims

And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Egyptians tyrannised over the children of Israel by force.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατεδυνάστευον οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ βίᾳ.