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A Clash of Worldviews
Commentators explain that Pharaoh's question, "Who is the Lord?" stems from his Egyptian worldview. In his polytheistic culture, gods were seen as local or national deities with limited power. He genuinely did not recognize Yahweh as a god with any authority over him or the nation of Egypt, viewing Him as an unknown, foreign entity.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 5:2
18th Century
Theologian
I know not the Lord - Either Pharaoh had not heard of Yahweh, or he did not recognize Him as a God.
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
Who is the Lord?—Heb., Who is Jehovah? If Jehovah was a name whose use had been laid aside, as the later chapters of Gene…
John Calvin
On Exodus 5:2
16th Century
Theologian
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord? It is scarcely believable that such madness could exist in a mortal, to deliberately scorn God and thus…
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John Gill
On Exodus 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
And Pharaoh said, who is the Lord
Jehovah, they made mention of, which, whether he took it for the name of a deity, …
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 5:1–9
17th Century
Minister
God will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt. He ha…