12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me 1 to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” 2
1 tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.
2 tnHeb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”