By a cradle to grave and some would've even said a cradle to grave and beyond--human bondage.

从出生到死亡,有些人甚至可以说不仅是从生到死,奴隶的身份成为了世世代代不可磨灭的印记

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Now, the situation of the Israelites in Egypt, the text says, remains bitter. Exodus 2:23-24: ; "The Israelites were groaning under the bondage, and cried out; And their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God.

以色列人在埃及的境况，文中说，仍然很艰苦，《出埃及记》第2章23到24节：,“以色列人因作苦工，就叹息哀求;,他们的哀声达于神。

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It is not because you are the most numerous of peoples that the Lord set His heart on you and chose you ; indeed, you are the smallest of peoples; but it was because the Lord favored you and kept the oath He made to your fathers that the Lord freed you with a mighty hand and rescued you from the house of bondage, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

并非因你们的人数多于别民,耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们,原来你们的人数在万民中是最少的;,只因耶和华爱你们,又因要守他向你们列祖所起的誓,就用万能的手领你们出来,从为奴之家救赎你们，脱离埃及王法老的手。

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So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

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