Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 6:11

"Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land." — Exodus 6:11 (ASV)

THE SECOND MESSAGE TO PHARAOH.

Speak to Pharaoh. —The second message was an advance upon the first. The first asked only for permission to enter the wilderness, much of which was within the limits of Egypt; the second was a demand that the Israelites should be allowed to go out of the land. Such is the way of Providence generally. If we refuse a light cross, a heavier cross is laid on us. If we will not close with the Sybil on the first occasion, she offers us a worse bargain on the second.