Caleb was no stranger to pain and suffering.
The Bible tells us in Exodus 1:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
11) So they set over [the Israelites] taskmasters to afflict and oppress them with [increased] burdens. And [the Israelites] built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
12) But the more [the Egyptians] oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that [the Egyptians] were vexed and alarmed because of the Israelites.
13) And the Egyptians reduced the Israelites to severe slavery.
14) They made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar, brick, and all kinds of work in the field. All their service was with harshness and severity.
Caleb would have been between 35 and 40 years old when Moses led the Hebrew nation out of Egypt. He knew well the sting of the overseer's lash.
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