⁷ The Lord said, “I have indeed seen^(A) the misery^(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned^(C) about their suffering.^(D)

¹⁰ Then the slave drivers^(A) and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

¹³ The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”

¹⁴ And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed,^(A) demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”