12 And the people were scattered in all the land of Mitsrayim – to gather stubble for straw.
13 And the slave-drivers were hurrying them on, saying, “Complete your work, your daily amount, as when there was straw.”
14 Also the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl, whom Pharaoh’s slave-drivers had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?”
15 And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?
16 “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And see, your servants are beaten, but your own people are at fault.”
17 But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and slaughter to יהוה.’
18 “So now go, work. And straw is not given to you, but deliver the amount of bricks.”