Pharaoh's Response to the Second Plea

Pharaoh's response to the second plea is what's twofold. He says, you know, first of all, well, there are so many of you, right? That echoes what we saw back in chapter 1. The whole reason for enslaving them was that there are soMany of them. And then the second part of Pharaoh's response is, well, you know,. You guys are lazy. So from now on, here's what's going to happen. They're going to have to gather their own straw and it's not going to be given to them.