All 7 Uses of
afflict
in
Exodus
- 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.†
Chpt 1-5afflict = cause suffering
- 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.†
Chpt 1-5 *afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.†
Chpt 1-5affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.†
Chpt 1-5
- 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.†
Chpt 1-5
- 22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.†
Chpt 21-25afflict = cause suffering
- 22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.†
Chpt 21-25
Definition:
cause suffering -- such as illness, pain, or unhappiness