Exodus 5:15-17

Names of God Bible

¹⁵ Then the Israelite foremen complained to Pharaoh. They asked, “Why are you treating us this way? ¹⁶ We’re given no straw, and yet we’re told to make bricks. We’re being beaten, but your men are at fault.”

¹⁷ “You’re lazy! Just plain lazy!” Pharaoh answered. “That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to Yahweh.’