And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
We wolden þat we hadden be deed in Egipt, and not in this waast wildirnesse; we wolden þat we perischen, and þat þe Lord lede vs not in to this lond, lest we fallen bi swerd, and oure wyues and fre children ben led prisoneris; wheþer it is not betere to turne ayen in to Egipt?