Slaves, juxtaposed with the Covenant between the Pieces

They set treasury officials over them in order to afflict them with their burdens. And so they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Ramses.(Exodus 1: 11)

And He said to Abram: "You shall surely know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, they will serve them, and they will torment them for four hundred years. But also the nation whom they shall serve do I judge, and afterward they shall go forth with great wealth (Genesis 15:13-14) 

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