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Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."
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Bargaining with God
Commentators highlight that Pharaoh's offer is not a true change of heart but a strategic bargain. He concedes on the children but holds back the livestock. Scholars like Calvin and Matthew Henry see this as a classic example of how sinners try to negotiate with God, offering partial obedience while refusing to surrender completely. God's terms for reconciliation, however, are not negotiable.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your flocks and your herds - Pharaoh still exacts what would of course be a complete security for their return: but the demand was wholly in…
19th Century
Anglican
Let your little ones also go with you. —Rather, your families. Pharaoh yields another point, but he will not yie…
16th Century
Protestant
And Pharaoh called to Moses. We gather that he was greatly alarmed by this infliction; because on his own initiative he again called to hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Pharaoh called unto Moses After the three days, as the Targum of Jonathan, when the darkness was over, or at least mu…
The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was a darkness that could be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and te…