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Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
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A Confession Born of Fear
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that Pharaoh's confession was not genuine repentance. It was driven by the terror of the plague, not a true change of heart. Scholars like Calvin and Gill describe it as a temporary submission to escape punishment, highlighting the crucial difference between saying the right words under pressure and having a truly transformed heart.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a t…
19th Century
Anglican
Pharaoh sent. —It is evident that the Pharaoh was more impressed by this plague than by any preceding one. This may have …
16th Century
Protestant
And Pharaoh sent and called. If this confession had proceeded from the heart, it would have indicated repentance; but Moses immediately pe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Pharaoh sent Not persons to observe whether there was any hail fell in the land of Goshen, though there are some…
Woeful havoc this hail caused: it killed both men and cattle. The grain above ground was destroyed, and only that which had not yet come up was pre…
