So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labour. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 5:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, ‘This is what Pharaoh says: “I am not giving you straw. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. American Standard Version (1901) And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Common English Bible So the people’s slave masters and supervisors came out and spoke to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says, ‘I’m not giving you straw anymore. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: "Thus says Pharaoh: I give you no chaff. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow you no straw. |
So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labour. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,
Go and get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.” ’
That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,
Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.’
A pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who will not help them.