Exodus 5:2

and Pharaoh says, “Who [is] YHWH, that I listen to His voice to send Israel away? I have not known YHWH, and I also do not send Israel away.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

In Context

1And afterward Moses and Aaron have entered, and they say to Pharaoh, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Send My people away, and they keep a celebration for Me in the wilderness”;

3And they say, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us; please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to our God YHWH, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.”

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Cross References

Exodus 3:19And I have known that the king of Egypt does not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand,

1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answers the servants of David and says, “Who [is] David, and who [is] the son of Jesse? Have servants been multiplied today who are each breaking away from his master?

2 Chronicles 32:15And now, do not let Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God does not deliver you from my hand!”

Job 15:25For he stretched out his hand against God, || And against the Mighty he makes himself mighty.

Job 21:15What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?

Psalms 12:4Who said, “By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:2-3

Sufferings of the Israelites Increased. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord , neither will I let Israel go. Moses and Aaron, having delivered their message to the elders of Israel, with whom they found good acceptance, are now to deal with Pharaoh, to whom they come in… Read the whole commentary →

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