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Pharaoh's Deceptive Bargain
Commentators unanimously agree that Pharaoh's offer to let only the men go was a deceptive tactic. He falsely claimed this was their original request, but his true motive, as scholars like Calvin point out, was to hold the women and children as hostages. This would ensure the men would be forced to return, revealing the insincerity of his negotiation.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 10:11
19th Century
Bishop
Ye that are men. —Hebrew, haggëbarim — that is, the full-grown males.
That ye did desire.
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 10:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
And he said to them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
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John Calvin
On Exodus 10:11
16th Century
Theologian
Not so. He pretends to give them what they had asked at first, and thus accuses them of inconsistency, because they do not persevere in th…
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John Gill
On Exodus 10:11
17th Century
Pastor
Not so
You shall not go with your children as you propose:
go now you [that are] men, and serve t…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 10:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn people not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself, but it w…