And afterward
Moses
and Aaron
went in,
and told
Pharaoh,
Thus saith
the LORD
God
of Israel,
Let my people
go,
that they may hold a feast
unto me in the wilderness.
say
And Pharaoh
said,
Who is the LORD,
that I should obey
his voice
to let Israel
go?
I know
not the LORD,
neither will I let Israel
go.
say
aware
οἶδα
oida
And they said,
The God
of the Hebrews
hath met
with us: let us go,
we pray thee, three
days'
journey
into the desert,
and sacrifice
unto the LORD
our God;
lest he fall
upon us with pestilence,
or with the sword.
And the king
of Egypt
said
unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses
and Aaron,
let
the people
from their works?
get
you unto your burdens.
say
And Pharaoh
said,
Behold, the people
of the land
now are many,
and ye make them rest
from their burdens.
And Pharaoh
commanded
the same day
the taskmasters
of the people,
and their officers,
saying,
Ye shall no more
give
the people
straw
to make
brick,
as heretofore:
let them go
and gather
straw
for themselves.
brick-making
πλινθουργίαν
plinthourgian
And the tale
of the bricks,
which they did make
heretofore,
ye shall lay
upon them; ye shall not diminish
ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry,
saying,
Let us go
and sacrifice
to our God.
putting together
σύνταξιν
syntaxin
brick-making
πλινθείας
plintheias
Let there more work
be laid
upon the men,
that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard
vain
words.
And the taskmasters
of the people
went out,
and their officers,
and they spake
to the people,
saying,
Thus saith
Pharaoh,
I will not give
you straw.
press
κατέσπευδον
katespeudon
taskmaster
ἐργοδιῶκται
ergodiōktai
Go
ye, get
you straw
where
ye can find
it: yet
not ought
of your work
shall be diminished.
So the people
were scattered abroad
throughout all the land
of Egypt
to gather
stubble
instead of straw.
And the taskmasters
hasted
them, saying,
Fulfil
your works,
your daily
tasks,
as when there was
straw.
taskmaster
ἐργοδιῶκται
ergodiōktai
press
κατέσπευδον
katespeudon
And the officers
of the children
of Israel,
which Pharaoh's
taskmasters
had set
over them, were beaten,
and demanded,
Wherefore have ye not fulfilled
your task
in making brick
both yesterday
and to day,
as heretofore?
putting together
συντάξεις
syntaxeis
brick-making
πλινθείας
plintheias
Then the officers
of the children
of Israel
came
and cried
unto Pharaoh,
saying,
Wherefore dealest
thou thus with thy servants?
There is no straw
given
unto thy servants,
and they say
to us, Make
brick:
and, behold, thy servants
are beaten;
but the fault
is in thine own people.
But he said,
Ye are idle,
ye are idle:
therefore ye say,
Let us go
and do sacrifice
to the LORD.
Go
therefore now, and work;
for there shall no straw
be given
you, yet shall ye deliver
the tale
of bricks.
And the officers
of the children
of Israel
did see
that they were in evil
case, after it was said,
Ye shall not minish
ought from your bricks
of your daily
task.
And they met
Moses
and Aaron,
who stood
in the way,
as they came forth
from Pharaoh:
And they said
unto them, The LORD
look
upon you, and judge;
because ye have made our savour
to be abhorred
in the eyes
of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes
of his servants,
to put
a sword
in their hand
to slay
us.
say
And Moses
returned
unto the LORD,
and said,
Lord,
wherefore hast thou so evil entreated
this people?
why is it that thou hast sent
me?
For since I came
to Pharaoh
to speak
in thy name,
he hath done evil
to this people;
neither hast thou delivered
thy people
at all.
