Exodus 5:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ Complaint of the Overseers. The overseers of the children of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had placed over them, beat them saying, “Why have you not finished your number of bricks today and yesterday like you did before?”

¹⁵ The overseers of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh and appealed to him saying, “Why do you treat your servants like this? ¹⁶ You have not given straw to your servants, but you tell them to make bricks. Your servants are beaten and it is the fault of your own people.”