Believing that he was acting “shrewdly, ” he attempted to reduce their numbers by subjecting them to tyrannical slave labor under the lash of taskmasters ​ — bearing burdens, making clay mortar, and meeting daily quotas of bricks. ​ — Exodus 1: 8 - 14; 5: 6 - 18.
फिरौन को लगा कि ऐसा करके वह “चतुराई ” (नयी हिन्दी बाइबिल) दिखा रहा था । — निर्गमन 1: 8 - 14; 5: 6 - 18.