Exodus 14:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the king of Egypt heard that the Israelites had finally left, he and his officials changed their minds and said, “Look what we have done! We let them get away, and they will no longer be our slaves.”

Cross References

Genesis 31:22

Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had gone.

Psalm 105:25

They served the LORD, and he made the Egyptians plan hateful things against them.

Exodus 12:33

The Egyptians did everything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country fast. They said, “Please hurry and leave. If you don't, we will all be dead.”

Exodus 14:4

I will make the king stubborn again, and he will try to catch you. Then I will destroy him and his army. People everywhere will praise me for my victory, and the Egyptians will know that I really am the LORD. The Israelites obeyed the LORD and camped where he told them.

Exodus 14:6

The king got his war chariot and army ready.

Exodus 15:9

Your enemies boasted that they would pursue and capture us, divide up our possessions, treat us as they wished, then take out their swords and kill us there.