Exodus 1:10-14

10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they will not multiply and in the event of war, join our enemies, and fight against us and escape from the land.”

11So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. And the sons of Israel built Pithom and Raamses as storage cities for Pharaoh.

12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that the Egyptians dreaded and were exasperated by the Israelites.

13And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].

14They made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar, brick, and all kinds of field work. All their labor was harsh and severe.