Exodus 5:16
There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.
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- Exod 5:4-1512 verses86%
4 Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
5 Pharaoh saide furthermore, Behold, much people is nowe in the lande, and ye make them leaue their burdens.
6 Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:
8 Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.
9 Lay more worke vpon the men, & cause them to do it, & let the not regard vaine words.
10 Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.
11 Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.
12 Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?
- Exod 5:17-215 verses85%
17 But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.
18 Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.
19 Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, which stood in their way as they came out fro Pharaoh,
21 To whom they said, The Lord looke vpon you and iudge: for yee haue made our sauour to stinke before Pharaoh and before his seruants, in that ye haue put a sword in their hand to slay vs.
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5 Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?
- Exod 1:11-144 verses74%
11 Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh.
12 But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grewe: therefore they were more grieued against the children of Israel.
13 Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue.
14 Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.
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6 And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruell bondage.
- Exod 6:9-102 verses73%
9 So Moses told the children of Israel thus: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
10 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
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23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath vexed this people, and yet thou hast not deliuered thy people.
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15 How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.
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8 Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.
- Exod 14:11-122 verses71%
11 And they sayde vnto Moses, Hast thou brought vs to die in the wildernes, because there were no graues in Egypt? wherefore hast thou serued vs thus, to carie vs out of Egypt?
12 Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee shoulde dye in the wildernesse.
- Lam 5:5-62 verses70%
5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
6 We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
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5 And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
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3 So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
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17 Yet thou exaltest thy selfe against my people, and lettest them not goe.
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7 And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.
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3 Then came Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and they said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, Howe long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people goe, that they may serue me.