Exodus 5:15-17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: ‘Why are you treating your servants this way? ¹⁶ No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, “Make bricks! ” Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.’

¹⁷ But he said, ‘You are lazy. Lazy! That is why you are saying, “Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.”