出埃及记 5:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

法老又說：“你看，現在這地的民很多，你們竟叫他們歇下擔子？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 说 ： 看 哪 ， 这 地 的 以 色 列 人 如 今 众 多 ， 你 们 竟 叫 他 们 歇 下 担 子 ！

Contextual Overview

³ Then Aaron and Moses said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don't do this, he may kill us with a disease or in war." ⁴ But the king said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Go back to your jobs! ⁵ There are very many Hebrews, and now you want them to quit working!" ⁶ That same day the king gave a command to the slave masters and foremen. ⁷ He said, "Don't give the people straw to make bricks as you used to do. Let them gather their own straw. ⁸ But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. Do not accept fewer. They have become lazy, and that is why they are asking me, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifices to our God.' ⁹ Make these people work harder and keep them busy; then they will not have time to listen to the lies of Moses."

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 1:7-11, Proverbs 14:28

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:11 - burdens Exodus 6:7 - from under 1 Kings 12:11 - I will add 2 Chronicles 10:11 - I will put

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust."

Genesis 5:7
After Enosh was born, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:8
So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:10
After Kenan was born, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:11
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:12
When Kenan was 70 years old, he had a son named Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:14
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son named Methuselah.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh said, behold, the people of the land now are many,.... So that if some were taken off, as suggested, there were enough of them to do business and so he cared not; but if allowed to go, they might mutiny and rebel, and give a great deal of trouble to quell them; or it may be, the sense is, they were very numerous, and too numerous already, and if they were took off of their work, and allowed to go a feasting, they would be more so, which agrees with the next clause:

and you make them rest from their burdens; which was the way to make them more numerous still, and to frustrate the design of laying burdens upon them, which was originally intended to hinder the multiplication of them, Exodus 1:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 5:5. The people of the land now are many — The sanguinary edict had no doubt been long before repealed, or they could not have multiplied so greatly.