[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
KJV
Hebrew original
הֲ/לֹא זֶ֣ה הַ/דָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤י/ךָ בְ/מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ וְ/נַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֨/נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת מִצְרַ֔יִם מִ/מֻּתֵ֖/נוּ בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽר
Louis Segond 1910
N'est-ce pas là ce que nous te disions en Egypte: Laisse-nous servir les Egyptiens, car nous aimons mieux servir les Egyptiens que de mourir au désert?
KJV
[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
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