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Women as Slaves in Egypt

Question

Did the Egyptians enslave only the Jewish men?

Answer

The women were enslaved too; the Talmud (Sotah 11b), commenting on Ex.1:14, says that one of the bad things about the slavery in Egypt was that women had to do men’s work and vice versa.