Verse 2
Exodus 5:2
American Standard Version
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And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּ/קֹל֔/וֹ לְ/שַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת יְהוָ֔ה וְ/גַ֥ם אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ
English Translation
And Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Yahweh, and I will not let Israel go."
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Chapter 5 Context
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And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of I...
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And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not...
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And they said, The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days...
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And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their...
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And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burd...
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And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw fo...
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And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not d...
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Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying wo...
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And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying...
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Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was str...
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And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh`s taskmasters had set over them, were beate...
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Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest t...
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There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants...
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But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
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Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number o...
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And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye...
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And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abho...
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And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why...
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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast t...
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