Verse 17
Exodus 13:17
Geneva Bible
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Nowe when Pharaoh had let the people go, God (Elohim) caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, though it were neerer: (for God (Elohim) sayd, Lest the people repent whe they see warre, and turne againe to Egypt)
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י בְּ/שַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֮ אֶת הָ/עָם֒ וְ/לֹא נָחָ֣/ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים דֶּ֚רֶךְ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב ה֑וּא כִּ֣י אָמַ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים פֶּֽן יִנָּחֵ֥ם הָ/עָ֛ם בִּ/רְאֹתָ֥/ם מִלְחָמָ֖ה וְ/שָׁ֥בוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָ/ה
English Translation
And it was when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, for it was near; for God said, "Lest the people change their mind when they see war, and return to Egypt."
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This day come yee out in the moneth of Abib.
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Vnleauened bread shall bee eaten seuen dayes, and there shall no leauened bread be seene with thee,...
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And thou shalt shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did...
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And it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpon thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that th...
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Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere.
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Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lord all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that firs...
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But euery first foale of an asse, thou shalt redeeme with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then...
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