KJV ORIGINAL
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So the people spread out across all of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows the Israelites being forced to search everywhere for inferior building materials after Pharaoh made their work conditions even harder.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs after Moses and Aaron asked Pharaoh to let the Israelites go worship God, and Pharaoh responded by making their slavery more difficult. Previously, the Egyptians had provided straw to help the Israelites make bricks, but now they had to find their own materials while maintaining the same brick quota. Stubble (dried grain stalks left after harvest) was much harder to find and less effective than straw for brick-making.
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