Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

δεν ειναι ουτος ο λογος τον οποιον σοι ειπομεν εν Αιγυπτω, λεγοντες, Αφες ημας και ας δουλευωμεν τους Αιγυπτιους; διοτι καλητερον ητο εις ημας να δουλευωμεν τους Αιγυπτιους, παρα να αποθανωμεν εν τη ερημω.

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.