Death would be the “predictable — but not immediate — result” of following Pharaoh’s orders, in Exodus 1, about baby boys. We see many such predictable — but not immediate — lethal results.
The exchange of material goods between Mitzrayim-ites and Yisraeli-ites can be read as everything from “plunder” to “reparations.” And that’s only part of the complications in this text.