John Gill Commentary Exodus 6:1

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land." — Exodus 6:1 (ASV)

Then the Lord said to Moses
In answer to the questions put to him, and the expostulations made with him:

now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh :
in inflicting punishments on him: for with a strong hand shall he let them go; being forced to it by the mighty hand of God upon him; and it is by some rendered, "because of a strong hand" ^F19 ; so Jarchi; for this is not to be understood of the hand of Pharaoh, but of the hand of God:

and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land :
not only be willing that they should go, but be urgent upon them to be gone, (Exodus 12:33) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F19: (hqzx dyb) "propter manum validam"; so some in Drusius.