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Dyd not we tell thee this in Egypt, saying, let vs be in rest, that we maye serue the Egyptians? For it had ben better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians, then for to dye in the wyldernesse.

Exodus 14:12

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In other translations

Louis Segond 1910N'est-ce pas là ce que nous te disions en Egypte: Laisse-nous servir les Egyptiens, car nous aimons mieux servir les Egyptiens que de mourir au désert?
Martin 1744N'est-ce pas ce que nous te disions en Egypte, disant : retire-toi de nous, et que nous servions les Egyptiens? Car il vaut mieux que nous les servions, que si nous mourions au désert.
King JamesIs 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.

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