Parallel
Exodus 5:12
Rahlfs Septuagint (1935) · Berean Standard Bible
καὶ διεσπάρη ὁ λαὸς ἐν ὅλῃ Αἰγύπτῳ συναγαγεῖν καλάμην εἰς ἄχυρα
So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.