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:
Þerfor whanne Farao hadde sent out þe puple, God ledde not hem out bi þe weie of þe lond of Filisteis, which is niy; and arettid lest perauenture it wolde repente þe puple, if he had seyn batelis rise ayens hym, and þe puple wolde turn ayen in to Egipt;