Exodus 1:12-14

New International Version

¹² But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites ¹³ and worked them ruthlessly.^{(A) 14} They made their lives bitter with harsh labor^(B) in brick^(C) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.^(D)