Exodus 14:12
Is this not what we told you in Egypt? We said to you, 'Leave us alone, so we can work for the Egyptians.' It would have been better for us to work for them than to die in the wilderness.”
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Exodus 5:21They said to Moses and Aaron, “May Yahweh look at you and punish you, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
Psalms 106:7Our fathers did not appreciate your marvelous deeds in Egypt; 1 they ignored your many acts of covenant faithfulness; 1 they were rebellious at the sea, the Sea of Reeds. 1
Jonah 4:3Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Mark 1:24saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God!”
Mark 5:17Then they started to beg him to leave their region.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:11-15
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord . 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 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… Read the whole commentary →