Olam 2

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 <i>them</i>, saying, Fulfil your works, <i>your</i> daily tasks, as when there was straw.

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, <i>and</i> demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

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 <i>are</i> beaten; but the fault <i>is</i> in thine own people.

But he said, Ye <i>are</i> idle, <i>ye are</i> idle: therefore ye say, Let us go <i>and</i> do sacrifice to the LORD.

Go therefore now, <i>and</i> 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 <i>that</i> they <i>were</i> in evil <i>case</i>, after it was said, Ye shall not minish <i>ought</i> from your bricks of your daily task.

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: