The rituals of these older groups were retained and then linked to the story of the enslavement and liberation of the Hebrews.

这个古老的宗教仪式沿用下来,并和这个犹太人脱离奴役的故事联系起来。

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It refers instead, to the concrete, collective, communal salvation from national suffering and oppression, particularly in the form of foreign rule or enslavement.

相反，它指的是很具体的，集体的，社会的拯救,把一个国家从苦难和压迫中解救出来，尤其是那些在外族统治者奴役下的。

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The feeling is that the establishment of a new native Egyptian dynasty might have led to the enslavement of any remaining Semites or Semitic outsiders, and that would include, of course, the Hebrews.

一个新的埃及王朝建立,这将会导致所有剩余的闪族人被迫为奴,或者是闪族之外的人，当然也包括希伯来人。

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