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Exodus 1
1. Now these <0428> [are] the names <08034> of the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which came <0935>
into Egypt <04714>; every man <0376> and his household <
01004> came <0935> with Jacob <03290>.
2 Reuben <07205>, Simeon <08095>, Levi <03878>
, and Judah <03063>,
3 Issachar <03485>, Zebulun <02074>, and Benjamin
<01144>,
4 Dan <01835>, and Naphtali <05321>, Gad <
01410>, and Asher <0836>.
5 And all <03605> the souls <05315> that came <
03318> out of the loins <03409> of Jacob <03290> were
seventy <07657> souls <05315>: for Joseph <03130> was in
Egypt <04714> [already].
6 And Joseph <03130> died <04191>, and all <
03605> his brethren <0251>, and all <03605> that generation
<01755>.
7 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were
fruitful <06509>, and increased <08317> abundantly <
08317>, and multiplied <07235>, and waxed exceeding <03966>
mighty <06105>; and the land <0776> was filled <04390>
with them.
8. Now there arose <06965> up a new <02319> king <
04428> over <05921> Egypt <04714>, which <0834> knew
<03045> not Joseph <03130>.
9 And he said <0559> unto his people <05971>,
Behold <02009>, the people <05971> of the children <
01121> of Israel <03478> [are] more <07227> and mightier
<06099> than we:
10 Come <03051> on, let us deal wisely <02449> with
them; lest <06435> they multiply <07235>, and it come <
01961> to pass, that, when <03588> there falleth <07122>
out any war <04421>, they join <03254> also <01571> unto
our enemies <08130>, and fight <03898> against us, and [so]
get <05927> them up out of the land <0776>.
11 Therefore they did set <07760> over <05921> them
taskmasters to afflict <06031> them with their burdens <05450>.
And they built <01129> for Pharaoh <06547> treasure <
04543> cities <05892>, Pithom <06619> and Raamses <
07486>.
12 But the more <03651> they afflicted <06031> them,
the more <03651> they multiplied <07235> and grew <
06555>. And they were grieved <06973> because <06440> of
the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
13 And the Egyptians <04714> made the children <
01121> of Israel <03478> to serve <05647> with rigour <
06531>:
14 And they made their lives <02416> bitter <04843>
with hard <07186> bondage <05656>, in morter <02563>,
and in brick <03843>, and in all <03605> manner of service <
05656> in the field <07704>: all <03605> their service <
05656>, wherein <0834> they made them serve <05647>, [was]
with rigour <06531>.
15. And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> spake <
0559> to the Hebrew <05680> midwives <03205>, of which <
0834> the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Shiphrah <
08236>, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Puah <
06326>:
16 And he said <0559>, When ye do the office of a midwife
<03205> to the Hebrew <05680> women, and see <07200>
[them] upon the stools <070>; if it [be] a son <01121>, then
ye shall kill <04191> him: but if it [be] a daughter <01323>,
then she shall live <02425>.
17 But the midwives <03205> feared <03372> God <
0430>, and did <06213> not as the king <04428> of Egypt <
04714> commanded <01696> them, but saved <02421> the men
children <03206> alive <02421>.
18 And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> called <
07121> for the midwives <03205>, and said <0559> unto them,
Why <04069> have ye done <06213> this <02088> thing <
01697>, and have saved <02421> the men children <03206>
alive <02421>?
19 And the midwives <03205> said <0559> unto
Pharaoh <06547>, Because <03588> the Hebrew <05680>
women <0802> [are] not as the Egyptian <04713> women <
0802>; for they [are] lively <02422>, and are delivered <
03205> ere <02962> the midwives <03205> come <0935>
in unto them.
20 Therefore God <0430> dealt well <03190> with the
midwives <03205>: and the people <05971> multiplied <
07235>, and waxed very <03966> mighty <06105>.
21 And it came <01961> to pass, because <03588> the
midwives <03205> feared <03372> God <0430>, that he made
<06213> them houses <01004>.
22 And Pharaoh <06547> charged <06680> all <
03605> his people <05971>, saying <0559>, Every <
03605> son <01121> that is born <03209> ye shall cast <
07993> into the river <02975>, and every <03605> daughter
<01323> ye shall save <02421> alive <02421>.
Exodus 2
1. And there went <03212> a man <0376> of the house
<01004> of Levi <03878>, and took <03947> [to wife] a
daughter <01323> of Levi <03878>.
2 And the woman <0802> conceived <02030>, and bare
<03205> a son <01121>: and when <03588> she saw <
07200> him that he [was a] goodly <02896> [child], she hid <
06845> him three <07969> months <03391>.
3 And when <03588> she could <03201> not longer <
05750> hide <06845> him, she took <03947> for him an ark
<08392> of bulrushes <01573>, and daubed <02560> it with
slime <02564> and with pitch <02203>, and put <07760>
the child <03206> therein; and she laid <07760> [it] in the
flags <05488> by the river's <02975> brink <08193>.
4 And his sister <0269> stood <03320> afar <
07350> off, to wit <03045> what <04100> would be done <
06213> to him.
5. And the daughter <01323> of Pharaoh <06547> came
<03381> down <03381> to wash <07364> [herself] at <
05921> the river <02975>; and her maidens <05291> walked
<01980> along by the river's <02975> side <03027>; and
when she saw <07200> the ark <08392> among <08432> the
flags <05488>, she sent <07971> her maid <0519> to fetch
<03947> it.
6 And when she had opened <06605> [it], she saw <
07200> the child <03206>: and, behold <02009>, the babe <
05288> wept <01058>. And she had compassion <02550> on <
05921> him, and said <0559>, This <02088> [is one] of the
Hebrews <05680>' children <03206>.
7 Then said <0559> his sister <0269> to Pharaoh's
<06547> daughter <01323>, Shall I go <03212> and call
<07121> to thee a nurse <03243> of the Hebrew <05680>
women, that she may nurse <03243> the child <03206> for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323> said <
0559> to her, Go <03212>. And the maid <05959> went <
03212> and called <07121> the child's <03206> mother <
0517>.
9 And Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323> said <
0559> unto her, Take <03212> this <02088> child <
03206> away, and nurse <03243> it for me, and I will give <
05414> [thee] thy wages <07939>. And the woman <0802> took
<03947> the child <03206>, and nursed <05134> it.
10 And the child <03206> grew <01431>, and she
brought <0935> him unto Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <
01323>, and he became <01961> her son <01121>. And she
called <07121> his name <08034> Moses <04872>: and she
said <0559>, Because <03588> I drew <04871> him out of
the water <04325>.
11. And it came <01961> to pass in those <01992>
days <03117>, when Moses <04872> was grown <01431>, that
he went <03318> out unto his brethren <0251>, and looked <
07200> on their burdens <05450>: and he spied <07200> an
Egyptian <04713> smiting <05221> an Hebrew <05680>, one
of his brethren <0251>.
12 And he looked <06437> this <03541> way <
03541> and that way <03541>, and when he saw <07200> that
[there was] no <0369> man <0376>, he slew <05221> the
Egyptian <04713>, and hid <02934> him in the sand <02344>
.
13 And when he went <03318> out the second <08145>
day <03117>, behold <02009>, two <08147> men <0582>
of the Hebrews <05680> strove <05327> together: and he said
<0559> to him that did the wrong <07563>, Wherefore <
04100> smitest <05221> thou thy fellow <07453>?
14 And he said <0559>, Who <04310> made <
07760> thee a prince <08269> and a judge <08199> over <
05921> us? intendest <0559> thou to kill <02026> me, as
thou killedst <02026> the Egyptian <04713>? And Moses <
04872> feared <03372>, and said <0559>, Surely <0403>
this thing <01697> is known <03045>.
15 Now when Pharaoh <06547> heard <08085> this <
02088> thing <01697>, he sought <01245> to slay <
02026> Moses <04872>. But Moses <04872> fled <01272>
from the face <06440> of Pharaoh <06547>, and dwelt <
03427> in the land <0776> of Midian <04080>: and he sat <
03427> down by a well <0875>.
16. Now the priest <03548> of Midian <04080> had
seven <07651> daughters <01121>: and they came <0935>
and drew <01802> [water], and filled <04390> the troughs <
07298> to water <08248> their father's <01> flock <
06629>.
17 And the shepherds <07462> came <0935> and drove
<01644> them away: but Moses <04872> stood <06965> up
and helped <03467> them, and watered <08248> their flock <
06629>.
18 And when they came <0935> to Reuel <07467> their
father <01>, he said <0559>, How <04069> [is it that] ye
are come <0935> so soon <04116> to day <03117>?
19 And they said <0559>, An Egyptian <04713>
delivered <05337> us out of the hand <03027> of the shepherds
<07462>, and also <01571> drew <01802> [water] enough
for us, and watered <08248> the flock <06629>.
20 And he said <0559> unto his daughters <01121>,
And where <0346> [is] he? why <04100> [is] it [that] ye have
left <05800> the man <0376>? call <07121> him, that he
may eat <0398> bread <03899>.
21 And Moses <04872> was content <02974> to dwell
<03427> with the man <0376>: and he gave <05414> Moses
<04872> Zipporah <03855> his daughter <01323>.
22 And she bare <03205> [him] a son <01121>, and he
called <07121> his name <08034> Gershom <01648>: for he
said <0559>, I have been <01961> a stranger <01616> in a
strange <05237> land <0776>.
23. And it came <01961> to pass in process <07227>
of time <03117>, that the king <04428> of Egypt <04714>
died <04191>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
sighed <0584> by reason <04480> of the bondage <05656>,
and they cried <02199>, and their cry <07775> came <
05927> up unto God <0430> by reason <04480> of the bondage
<05656>.
24 And God <0430> heard <08085> their groaning <
05009>, and God <0430> remembered <02142> his covenant <
01285> with Abraham <085>, with Isaac <03327>, and with
Jacob <03290>.
25 And God <0430> looked <07200> upon the children
<01121> of Israel <03478>, and God <0430> had respect
<03045> unto [them].
Exodus 3
1. Now Moses <04872> kept <07462> the flock <
06629> of Jethro <03503> his father <02859> in law <
02859>, the priest <03548> of Midian <04080>: and he led
<05090> the flock <06629> to the backside <0310> of the
desert <04057>, and came <0935> to the mountain <02022>
of God <0430>, [even] to Horeb <02722>.
2 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>
appeared <07200> unto him in a flame <03827> of fire <
0784> out of the midst <08432> of a bush <05572>: and he
looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>, the bush <05572>
burned <01197> with fire <0784>, and the bush <05572>
[was] not consumed <0398>.
3 And Moses <04872> said <0559>, I will now <
04994> turn <05493> aside, and see <07200> this <
02088> great <01419> sight <04758>, why <04069> the
bush <05572> is not burnt <01197>.
4 And when the LORD <03068> saw <07200> that he
turned <05493> aside to see <07200>, God <0430> called
<07121> unto him out of the midst <08432> of the bush <
05572>, and said <0559>, Moses <04872>, Moses <04872>.
And he said <0559>, Here <02009> [am] I.
5 And he said <0559>, Draw not nigh <07126> hither
<01988>: put <05394> off thy shoes <05275> from off thy
feet <07272>, for the place <04725> whereon thou standest <
05975> [is] holy <06944> ground <0127>.
6 Moreover he said <0559>, I [am] the God <0430> of
thy father <01>, the God <0430> of Abraham <085>, the
God <0430> of Isaac <03327>, and the God <0430> of Jacob
<03290>. And Moses <04872> hid <05641> his face <
06440>; for he was afraid <03372> to look <05027> upon God
<0430>.
7. And the LORD <03068> said <0559>, I have surely
seen <07200> the affliction <06040> of my people <05971>
which <0834> [are] in Egypt <04714>, and have heard <
08085> their cry <06818> by reason <06440> of their
taskmasters <05065>; for I know <03045> their sorrows <
04341>;
8 And I am come <03381> down <03381> to deliver <
05337> them out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>
, and to bring <05927> them up out of that land <0776> unto a
good <02896> land <0776> and a large <07342>, unto a
land <0776> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey
<01706>; unto the place <04725> of the Canaanites <03669>
, and the Hittites <02850>, and the Amorites <0567>, and the
Perizzites <06522>, and the Hivites <02340>, and the Jebusites
<02983>.
9 Now <06258> therefore, behold <02009>, the cry
<06818> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> is
come <0935> unto me: and I have also <01571> seen <07200>
the oppression <03906> wherewith <0834> the Egyptians <
04714> oppress <03905> them.
10 Come <03212> now <06258> therefore, and I will
send <07971> thee unto Pharaoh <06547>, that thou mayest bring
<03318> forth <03318> my people <05971> the children <
01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>.
11. And Moses <04872> said <0559> unto God <
0430>, Who <04310> [am] I, that I should go <03212> unto
Pharaoh <06547>, and that I should bring <03318> forth <
03318> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt
<04714>?
12 And he said <0559>, Certainly <03588> I will be
with thee; and this [shall be] a token <0226> unto thee, that I have
sent <07971> thee: When thou hast brought <03318> forth <
03318> the people <05971> out of Egypt <04714>, ye shall
serve <05647> God <0430> upon this mountain <02022>.
13 And Moses <04872> said <0559> unto God <
0430>, Behold <02009>, [when] I come <0935> unto the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and shall say <0559>
unto them, The God <0430> of your fathers <01> hath sent <
07971> me unto you; and they shall say <0559> to me, What <
04100> [is] his name <08034>? what <04100> shall I say <
0559> unto them?
14 And God <0430> said <0559> unto Moses <
04872>, I AM <01961> THAT I AM <01961>: and he said <
0559>, Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> unto the children
<01121> of Israel <03478>, I AM <01961> hath sent <
07971> me unto you.
15 And God <0430> said <0559> moreover <05750>
unto Moses <04872>, Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559>
unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, The LORD <
03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>, the God <0430>
of Abraham <085>, the God <0430> of Isaac <03327>, and
the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, hath sent <07971> me
unto you: this <02088> [is] my name <08034> for ever <
05769>, and this <02088> [is] my memorial <02143> unto all
generations <01755>.
16. Go <03212>, and gather <0622> the elders <
02205> of Israel <03478> together, and say <0559> unto them,
The LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01>, the
God <0430> of Abraham <085>, of Isaac <03327>, and of
Jacob <03290>, appeared <07200> unto me, saying <0559>,
I have surely visited <06485> you, and [seen] that which <0834>
is done <06213> to you in Egypt <04714>:
17 And I have said <0559>, I will bring <05927> you
up out of the affliction <06040> of Egypt <04714> unto the
land <0776> of the Canaanites <03669>, and the Hittites <
02850>, and the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites <06522>,
and the Hivites <02340>, and the Jebusites <02983>, unto a
land <0776> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey
<01706>.
18 And they shall hearken <08085> to thy voice <
06963>: and thou shalt come <0935>, thou and the elders <
02205> of Israel <03478>, unto the king <04428> of Egypt
<04714>, and ye shall say <0559> unto him, The LORD <
03068> God <0430> of the Hebrews <05680> hath met <
07136> with us: and now <06258> let us go <03212>, we
beseech <04994> thee, three <07969> days <03117>'
journey <01870> into the wilderness <04057>, that we may
sacrifice <02076> to the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.
19 And I am sure <03045> that the king <04428> of
Egypt <04714> will not let <05414> you go <01980>, no
<03808>, not by a mighty <02389> hand <03027>.
20 And I will stretch <07971> out my hand <03027>,
and smite <05221> Egypt <04714> with all <03605> my
wonders <06381> which <0834> I will do <06213> in the
midst <07130> thereof: and after <0310> that he will let you
go <07971>.
21 And I will give <05414> this people <05971>
favour <02580> in the sight <05869> of the Egyptians <
04714>: and it shall come <01961> to pass, that, when <
03588> ye go <03212>, ye shall not go <03212> empty <
07387>:
22 But every woman <0802> shall borrow <07592> of
her neighbour <07934>, and of her that sojourneth <01481> in
her house <01004>, jewels <03627> of silver <03701>, and
jewels <03627> of gold <02091>, and raiment <08071>: and
ye shall put <07760> [them] upon your sons <01121>, and upon
your daughters <01121>; and ye shall spoil <05337> the
Egyptians <04714>.
Exodus 4
1. And Moses <04872> answered <06030> and said <
0559>, But, behold <02005>, they will not believe <0539> me,
nor <03808> hearken <08085> unto my voice <06963>: for
they will say <0559>, The LORD <03068> hath not appeared <
07200> unto thee.
2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, What
<04100> [is] that in thine hand <03027>? And he said <
0559>, A rod <04294>.
3 And he said <0559>, Cast <07993> it on the ground
<0776>. And he cast <07993> it on the ground <0776>, and
it became <01961> a serpent <05175>; and Moses <04872>
fled <05127> from before <06440> it.
4 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Moses <
04872>, Put <07971> forth <07971> thine hand <03027>,
and take <0270> it by the tail <02180>. And he put <
07971> forth <07971> his hand <03027>, and caught <
02388> it, and it became <01961> a rod <04294> in his hand
<03709>:
5 That they may believe <0539> that the LORD <03068>
God <0430> of their fathers <01>, the God <0430> of
Abraham <085>, the God <0430> of Isaac <03327>, and the
God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, hath appeared <07200> unto
thee.
6 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> furthermore <
05750> unto him, Put <0935> now <04994> thine hand <
03027> into thy bosom <02436>. And he put <0935> his hand
<03027> into his bosom <02436>: and when he took <03318>
it out, behold <02009>, his hand <03027> [was] leprous <
06879> as snow <07950>.
7 And he said <0559>, Put <07725> thine hand <
03027> into <0413> thy bosom <02436> again <07725>.
And he put <07725> his hand <03027> into <0413> his
bosom <02436> again <07725>; and plucked <03318> it out
of his bosom <02436>, and, behold <02009>, it was turned <
07725> again <07725> as his [other] flesh <01320>.
8 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <0518> they
will not believe <0539> thee, neither <03808> hearken <
08085> to the voice <06963> of the first <07223> sign <
0226>, that they will believe <0539> the voice <06963> of
the latter <0314> sign <0226>.
9 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <0518> they
will not believe <0539> also <01571> these <0428> two
<08147> signs <0226>, neither <03808> hearken <
08085> unto thy voice <06963>, that thou shalt take <03947>
of the water <04325> of the river <02975>, and pour <
08210> [it] upon the dry <03004> [land]: and the water <
04325> which <0834> thou takest <03947> out of the river
<02975> shall become <01961> blood <01818> upon the dry
<03006> [land].
10. And Moses <04872> said <0559> unto the LORD <
0136>, O my Lord <03068>, I [am] not eloquent <01697>,
neither <01571> heretofore <08543>, nor <01571> since
<0227> thou hast spoken <01696> unto thy servant <05650>:
but I [am] slow <03515> of speech <06310>, and of a slow <
0750> tongue <03956>.
11 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Who
<04310> hath made <07760> man's <0120> mouth <
06310>? or <0176> who <04310> maketh <07760> the dumb
<0483>, or <0176> deaf <02795>, or <0176> the
seeing <06493>, or <0176> the blind <05787>? have not I
the LORD <03068>?
12 Now <06258> therefore go <03212>, and I will be
with thy mouth <06310>, and teach <03384> thee what <
0834> thou shalt say <01696>.
13 And he said <0559>, O my Lord <0136>, send <
07971>, I pray <04994> thee, by the hand <03027> [of him
whom] thou wilt send <07971>.
14 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was
kindled <02734> against Moses <04872>, and he said <0559>
, [Is] not Aaron <0175> the Levite <03881> thy brother <
0251>? I know <03045> that he can speak <01696> well. And
also <01571>, behold <02009>, he cometh <03318> forth
<03318> to meet <07125> thee: and when he seeth <07200>
thee, he will be glad <08056> in his heart <03820>.
15 And thou shalt speak <01696> unto him, and put <
07760> words <01697> in his mouth <06310>: and I will be
with thy mouth <06310>, and with his mouth <06310>, and will
teach <03384> you what ye shall do <06213>.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman <01696> unto the people
<05971>: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a
mouth <06310>, and thou shalt be to him instead of God <0430>.
17 And thou shalt take <03947> this <02088> rod <
04294> in thine hand <03027>, wherewith <0834> thou shalt
do <06213> signs <0226>.
18. And Moses <04872> went <03212> and returned <
07725> to Jethro <03503> his father <02859> in law <
02859>, and said <0559> unto him, Let me go <03212>, I pray
<04994> thee, and return <07725> unto my brethren <0251>
which <0834> [are] in Egypt <04714>, and see <07200>
whether <05750> they be yet <05750> alive <02416>. And
Jethro <03503> said <0559> to Moses <04872>, Go <
03212> in peace <07965>.
19 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Moses <
04872> in Midian <04080>, Go <03212>, return <07725>
into Egypt <04714>: for all <03605> the men <0582> are
dead <04191> which sought <01245> thy life <05315>.
20 And Moses <04872> took <03947> his wife <
0802> and his sons <01121>, and set <07392> them upon an
ass <02543>, and he returned <07725> to the land <0776>
of Egypt <04714>: and Moses <04872> took <03947> the rod
<04294> of God <0430> in his hand <03027>.
21 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Moses <
04872>, When thou goest <03212> to return <07725> into
Egypt <04714>, see <07200> that thou do <06213> all <
03605> those wonders <04159> before <06440> Pharaoh <
06547>, which <0834> I have put <07760> in thine hand <
03027>: but I will harden <02388> his heart <03820>, that
he shall not let the people <05971> go <07971>.
22 And thou shalt say <0559> unto Pharaoh <06547>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Israel <
03478> [is] my son <01121>, [even] my firstborn <01060>:
23 And I say <0559> unto thee, Let my son <01121>
go <07971>, that he may serve <05647> me: and if thou refuse
<03985> to let him go <07971>, behold <02009>, I will
slay <02026> thy son <01121>, [even] thy firstborn <
01060>.
24. And it came <01961> to pass by the way <01870>
in the inn <04411>, that the LORD <03068> met <06298>
him, and sought <01245> to kill <04191> him.
25 Then Zipporah <03855> took <03947> a sharp <
06864> stone <06697>, and cut <03772> off the foreskin <
06190> of her son <01121>, and cast <05060> [it] at his
feet <07272>, and said <0559>, Surely <03588> a bloody
<01818> husband <02860> [art] thou to me.
26 So he let him go <07503>: then <0227> she said
<0559>, A bloody <01818> husband <02860> [thou art],
because of the circumcision <04139>.
27 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> to Aaron <
0175>, Go <03212> into the wilderness <04057> to meet <
07125> Moses <04872>. And he went <03212>, and met <
06298> him in the mount <02022> of God <0430>, and kissed
<05401> him.
28 And Moses <04872> told <05046> Aaron <0175>
all <03605> the words <01697> of the LORD <03068> who
<0834> had sent <07971> him, and all <03605> the signs
<0226> which <0834> he had commanded <06680> him.
29 And Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> went <
03212> and gathered <0622> together all <03605> the elders
<02205> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>:
30 And Aaron <0175> spake <01696> all <03605>
the words <01697> which <0834> the LORD <03068> had
spoken <01696> unto Moses <04872>, and did <06213> the
signs <0226> in the sight <05869> of the people <05971>.
31 And the people <05971> believed <0539>: and when
they heard <08085> that the LORD <03068> had visited <
06485> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and that he
had looked <07200> upon their affliction <06040>, then they
bowed <06915> their heads and worshipped <07812>.
Exodus 5
1. And afterward <0310> Moses <04872> and Aaron <
0175> went <0935> in, and told <0559> Pharaoh <06547>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <
0430> of Israel <03478>, Let my people <05971> go <
07971>, that they may hold a feast <02287> unto me in the
wilderness <04057>.
2 And Pharaoh <06547> said <0559>, Who <04310>
[is] the LORD <03068>, that I should obey <08085> his voice
<06963> to let Israel <03478> go <07971>? I know <
03045> not the LORD <03068>, neither will I let Israel <
03478> go <07971>.
3. And they said <0559>, The God <0430> of the
Hebrews <05680> hath met <07122> with us: let us go <
03212>, we pray <04994> thee, three <07969> days <
03117>' journey <01870> into the desert <04057>, and
sacrifice <02076> unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430>;
lest <06435> he fall <06293> upon us with pestilence <
01698>, or <0176> with the sword <02719>.
4 And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> said <
0559> unto them, Wherefore <04100> do ye, Moses <04872> and
Aaron <0175>, let <06544> the people <05971> from their
works <04639>? get <03212> you unto your burdens <05450>.
5 And Pharaoh <06547> said <0559>, Behold <
02005>, the people <05971> of the land <0776> now <
06258> [are] many <07227>, and ye make them rest <07673>
from their burdens <05450>.
6 And Pharaoh <06547> commanded <06680> the same
<01931> day <03117> the taskmasters <05065> of the
people <05971>, and their officers <07860>, saying <0559>
,
7 Ye shall no <03808> more <03254> give <
05414> the people <05971> straw <08401> to make brick <
03835>, as heretofore <08543>: let them go <03212> and
gather <07197> straw <08401> for themselves <01992>.
8 And the tale <04971> of the bricks <03843>, which
<0834> they did make <06213> heretofore <08543>, ye
shall lay <07760> upon them; ye shall not diminish <01639>
[ought] thereof: for they [be] idle <07504>; therefore they cry <
06817>, saying <0559>, Let us go <03212> [and] sacrifice
<02076> to our God <0430>.
9 Let there more work <05656> be laid <03515> upon
the men <0582>, that they may labour <06213> therein; and let
them not regard <08159> vain <08267> words <01697>.
10. And the taskmasters <05065> of the people <05971>
went <03318> out, and their officers <07860>, and they spake
<0559> to the people <05971>, saying <0559>, Thus <
03541> saith <0559> Pharaoh <06547>, I will not give <
05414> you straw <08401>.
11 Go <03212> ye, get <03947> you straw <
08401> where <0834> ye can find <04672> it: yet <
03588> not ought <01697> of your work <05656> shall be
diminished <01639>.
12 So the people <05971> were scattered <06327>
abroad <06527> throughout all <03605> the land <0776> of
Egypt <04714> to gather <07197> stubble <07179> instead
of straw <08401>.
13 And the taskmasters <05065> hasted <0213> [them],
saying <0559>, Fulfil <03615> your works <04639>,
[your] daily <03117> tasks <01697>, as when <0834> there
was straw <08401>.
14 And the officers <07860> of the children <01121>
of Israel <03478>, which <0834> Pharaoh's <06547>
taskmasters <05065> had set <07760> over <05921> them,
were beaten <05221>, [and] demanded <0559>, Wherefore <
04069> have ye not fulfilled <03615> your task <02706> in
making brick <03835> both <01571> yesterday <08543> and
to day <03117>, as heretofore <08543>?
15. Then the officers <07860> of the children <01121>
of Israel <03478> came <0935> and cried <06817> unto
Pharaoh <06547>, saying <0559>, Wherefore <04100>
dealest <06213> thou thus <03541> with thy servants <
05650>?
16 There is no <0369> straw <08401> given <
05414> unto thy servants <05650>, and they say <0559> to us,
Make <06213> brick <03843>: and, behold <02009>, thy
servants <05650> [are] beaten <05221>; but the fault <
02398> [is] in thine own people <05971>.
17 But he said <0559>, Ye [are] idle <07504>, [ye
are] idle <07504>: therefore ye say <0559>, Let us go <
03212> [and] do sacrifice <02076> to the LORD <03068>.
18 Go <03212> therefore now <06258>, [and] work <
05647>; for there shall no <03808> straw <08401> be given
<05414> you, yet shall ye deliver <05414> the tale <
08506> of bricks <03843>.
19 And the officers <07860> of the children <01121>
of Israel <03478> did see <07200> [that] they [were] in evil
<07451> [case], after it was said <0559>, Ye shall not minish
<01639> [ought] from your bricks <03843> of your daily <
03117> task <01697>.
20 And they met <06293> Moses <04872> and Aaron <
0175>, who <04310> stood <05324> in the way <07125>,
as they came <03318> forth <03318> from Pharaoh <06547>:
21 And they said <0559> unto them, The LORD <03068>
look <07200> upon you, and judge <08199>; because <0834>
ye have made our savour <07381> to be abhorred <0887> in the
eyes <05869> of Pharaoh <06547>, and in the eyes <05869>
of his servants <05650>, to put <05414> a sword <02719>
in their hand <03027> to slay <02026> us.
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