Was hardened – See Exodus 4:21. Pharaoh probably attributed the exemption of the Israelites to natural causes. They were a pastoral race, we…

Pharaoh sent. —Pharaoh evidently did not believe it was possible that there could be such a widespread destruction of the Egyptian…

And Pharaoh sent. I leave it undecided whether he first sent these inspectors at that time.¹⁰⁴ It may be that, in the blindness…

And Pharaoh sent Messengers to the land of Goshen, to see whether the murrain was upon the cattle of Israel or not, and w…

God wills for Israel to be released, but Pharaoh opposes it, and the test is whose word will stand. Immediately, the hand of the Lord is upon the c…