Straw for Brickmaking
1250 BCE
Moses, requesting freedom for his people angered Pharoah, and he increased the workload of the Israelites. Exodus 5:18
And now, go and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet you will deliver the full quota of bricks
In this picture is the Papyrus Anastasi IV (no.4), circa 1250 BCE which speaks of a brick and straw deficit. “. . . and there are neither men to make bricks, nor straw.”
Straw for Brickmaking - Papyrus Anastasi IV
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum
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Papyrus Anastasi IV, 1250 BCE
“. . . and there are neither men to make bricks, nor straw.”
Dans la Bible
Exodus 5:18
Pharaoh: “So go now and work; for you will be given no straw…”
שְׁמוֹת ה:י"ח
פַּרְעֹה: "וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ עִבְד֔וּ וְתֶ֖בֶן לֹֽא-יִנָּתֵ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם"
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