Exodus 5:12 in the King James Version
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Context
11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”