So Mosesspokethusto the sonsof Israel,but they did not listento Moseson accountof [their] despondencyand cruelbondage.
"As for me, is my complaintto man?And whyshould I not be impatient?
and they madetheir livesbitterwith hardlaborin mortarand bricksand at all[kinds] of laborin the field,alltheir laborswhichthey rigorouslyimposedon them.
"Is thisnot the wordthat we spoketo you in Egypt,saying,Leaveus alonethat we may servethe Egyptians?For it would have been betterfor us to servethe Egyptiansthanto diein the wilderness."
Now it cameabout in [the course of] thosemanydaysthat the kingof Egyptdied.And the sonsof Israelsighedbecauseof the bondage,and they criedout; and their cryfor helpbecauseof [their] bondageroseup to God.
They saidto them, "May the LORDlookupon you and judge[you], for you have madeus odiousin Pharaoh'ssightand in the sightof his servants,to puta swordin their handto killus."
Now the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
The evilwill bowdownbeforethe good,And the wickedat the gatesof the righteous.
The spiritof a mancan endurehis sickness,But [as for] a brokenspiritwhocan bearit?
Then they setout from MountHorby the wayof the RedSea,to goaroundthe landof Edom;and the peoplebecameimpatientbecause of the journey.
