John Gill Commentary Exodus 1:13

"And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:" — Exodus 1:13 (ASV)

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve
with rigour .
Or with breach ^F3 , with what might tend to break their strength; they laid heavier burdens upon them, obliged them to harder service, used them more cruelly and with greater fierceness, adding to their hard service ill words, and perhaps blows.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (Krpb) "in fractione", Cajetan. apud Rivet.