Exodus 12:33

And the Egyptians became urgent with the people, to send them in haste out of the land,—for they said—We all, are dying.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

In Context

32also, your flocks and your herds, take ye, as ye spake and go your way,—so shall ye bless, even me.

34So the people took up their dough, ere yet it was leavened,—with their kneading-bowls, bound up in their mantles on their shoulders,

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3Then God went in unto Abimelech, in a dream of the night,—and said to him, Behold thee dead! because of the woman whom thou hast taken, seeing that, she, is a married woman.

Exodus 11:1Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Yet one plague, will I bring in upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, after that, he will let you go from hence,—when he doth let you go, he will, altogether drive, you out from hence.

Psalms 105:38Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:30-37

The Death of the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1491.) 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said,… Read the whole commentary →

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