Exodus 3:19
But it is manifest before Me that the king of Mizraim will not release you, that you may go, not even on account of Him whose power is mighty.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 4:21And the Lord said to Mosheh, In thy going to return to Mizraim look to all the wonders that I have appointed by thy hand, and do them before the Pharoh. But I will obdurate his heart, and he will not send the people away.
Exodus 6:1But the Lord said to Mosheh, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharoh: for with a strong hand shall he send them away, and with a strong hand drive them from his land.
Exodus 7:14And the Lord said to Mosheh, The heart of Pharoh is obdurate (heavy): he is unwilling to send the people away.
Exodus 9:7And Pharoh sent, and, behold, not one of the cattle of the sons of Israel had died. And Pharoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not send the people away.
Exodus 10:20Yet the heart of Pharoh was hardened, and he would not send the sons of Israel away.
Exodus 11:10And Mosheh and Aharon wrought all these wonders before Pharoh; but the Lord hardened Pharoh’s heart, that he would not send the children of Israel from his land.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:17-22
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice:… Read the whole commentary →