en_tn/exo/14/12.md

Is this not what we told you in Egypt?

The Israelites ask this question to emphasize that this is what they had told Moses. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "This is exactly what we told you while we were in Egypt." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

We said to you, 'Leave us alone, so we can work for the Egyptians.'

This can be stated as an indirect quote. AT: "We told you to leave us alone, so we could work for the Egyptians." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)