The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?”