17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
17 Ilikuwa hapo Farao alipokwisha kuwaacha watu hao waende zao, Mungu hakuwaongoza kwa njia ya nchi ya Wafilisti, ijapokuwa ilikuwa ni ya karibu; maana Mungu alisema, Wasije wakaghairi watu hawa hapo watakapokutana na vita, na kurudi Misri;