Verse 12
Exodus 14:12
Geneva Bible
12
Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee shoulde dye in the wildernesse.
Original Language Text
hebrew
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
English Translation
"Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone and we will serve Egypt, for it is better for us to serve Egypt than to die in the wilderness'?"
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Chapter 14 Context
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Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
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Speake to the children of Israel, that they returne and campe before Pi-hahiroth, betweene Migdol an...
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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath s...
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And I will harden Pharaohs heart that hee shall follow after you: so I will get mee honour vpon Phar...
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Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruan...
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And he made ready his charets, and tooke his people with him,
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And tooke sixe hundreth chosen charets, and all the charets of Egypt, and captaines ouer euery one o...
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(For the Lord had hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he followed after the children of...
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And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen an...
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And when Pharaoh drew nie, the children of Israel lift vp their eyes, and beholde, the Egyptians mar...
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11
And they sayde vnto Moses, Hast thou brought vs to die in the wildernes, because there were no graue...
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12
Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptian...
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Then Moses sayde to the people, Feare ye not, stand still, and beholde the saluation of the Lord whi...
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14
The Lord shall fight for you: therefore hold you your peace.
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15
And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Wherefore cryest thou vnto me? speake vnto the children of Israel that...
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And lift thou vp thy rod, and stretche out thine hand vpon the Sea and deuide it, and let the childr...
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And I, beholde, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, that they may follow them, and I wil get m...
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Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon hi...
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(And the Angel of God (Elohim), which went before the hoste of Israel, remoued and went behinde them...
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And came betweene the campe of the Egyptians and the campe of Israel: it was both a cloude and darke...
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And Moses stretched forth his hande vpon the Sea, and the Lord caused the sea to runne backe by a st...
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Then the children of Israel went through the middes of the Sea vpon the drie ground, and the waters...
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And the Egyptians pursued and went after them to the middes of the Sea, euen all Pharaohs horses, hi...
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Nowe in the morning watche, when the Lord looked vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, out of the firie a...
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For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians eu...
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Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the...
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Then Moses stretched forth his hand vpon the Sea, and the Sea returned to his force early in the mor...
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So the water returned and couered the charets and the horsemen, euen all the hoste of Pharaoh that c...
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But the children of Israel walked vpon dry land thorowe the middes of the Sea, and the waters were a...
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Thus the Lord saued Israel the same day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel sawe the Egypti...
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And Israel saw the mightie power, which the Lord shewed vpon the Egyptians: so the people feared the...
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