Exodus 5:15-17

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁵ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

¹⁶ “There is no straw given to your servants; and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And lo, your servants are beaten and your people are blamed.”

¹⁷ But he said, “You are too idle! Therefore, you say, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to the LORD.’