Objects
straw
Straw feeds camels in Genesis 24 and binds bricks in Egypt; in Exodus 5 Pharaoh stops providing it and forces Israel to gather their own while keeping the brick quota.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 24:25
Tags
3
Genesis 24Exodus 5Forced labour
Scripture references
- Genesis 24:25
We have plenty of straw and fodder...
- Genesis 24:32
He provided straw and fodder for the camels...
- Exodus 5:7
'Do not go on providing the people with straw for brickmaking as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Exodus 5:12
So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble for their straw.
- Exodus 5:18
Get back to your work at once. You will not be provided with straw; all the same, you will deliver the quota of bricks.'