Exodus 5:14-16

14Moreover, 1the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, 2were beaten 3and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”

15Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? 16There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”