The young men perform menial labor; ¹  boys stagger from their labor. ² 

They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, ¹  Rachel went into labor ²  – and her labor was hard.

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening. ¹ 

lest strangers devour ¹  your strength, ²  and your labor ³  benefit ⁴  another man’s house.

Two people are better than one, because they can reap ¹  more benefit ²  from their labor.

Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

¹ During ²  that long period of time ³  the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites ⁴  groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry ⁵  because of their slave labor went up to God.

Pharaoh was thinking, ¹  “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

¹ Moses told this ²  to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him ³  because of their discouragement ⁴  and hard labor.

Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ¹ 

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit ¹  your labor to it?

So I began to despair ¹  about all the fruit of ²  my labor ³  for which I worked so hard ⁴  on earth. ⁵ 

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? ¹ 

When her labor was at its hardest, ¹  the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.” ² 

So they put foremen ¹  over the Israelites ²  to oppress ³  them with hard labor. As a result ⁴  they built Pithom and Rameses ⁵  as store cities for Pharaoh.