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Exodus 13:17

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

KJV

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בְּשַׁלַּ֣חbe.sha.Lachwhen let goH7971
פַּרְעֹה֮par.'OhPharaohH6547
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָם֒ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָחָ֣םna.Chamhe led themH5148
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
דֶּ֚רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
קָר֖וֹבka.Rov[was] nearH7138
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
פֶּֽן־pen-lestH6435
יִנָּחֵ֥םyi.na.Chemit should regretH5162
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
בִּרְאֹתָ֥םbir.'o.Tamwhen see theyH7200
מִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421
וְשָׁ֥בוּve.Sha.vuand they will returnH7725
מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃mitz.Ra.ye.mahEgypt towardsH4714

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The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain