12. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw.
13. And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?