Objects

clay

Earthen material dug for brick-making; in Exodus 1 digging clay is part of the forced labour Egypt imposes on Israel.

Category

Objects

First mention

Exodus 1:14

Tags

3

Exodus 1LabourBuilding

Scripture references

  • Exodus 1:14

    making their lives miserable with hard labour: with digging clay, making bricks, doing various kinds of field -- work -- all sorts of labour that they imposed on them without mercy.