Êxodo 8:2

2 Mas se recusares deixá-lo ir, eis que ferirei com rãs todos os teus termos.

Êxodo 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:2

And if thou refuse to let them go
Will not obey the orders:

I will smite all thy borders with frogs;
he gives him warning of the blow before he strikes, which shows his clemency and goodness, his patience and longsuffering; and this he did, not only that he might have time and space for repentance, and thereby avoid the blow; but that when it came, he might be sensible it was not by chance, or owing to second causes, but was from the Lord himself.

I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
fill the whole land of Egypt with them, to the utmost borders thereof on every side. Some ^F17 say the word signifies a large Egyptian fish, which in the Arabic tongue is called Altamsach, that is, a crocodile, with which the Nile abounded; but such a creature could not invade and attack them in the manner as is after related.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 R. Chananeel apud Abendana, and some in Aben Ezra in Ioc.

Êxodo 8:2 In-Context

1 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: Vai a Faraó, e dize-lhe: Assim diz o Senhor: Deixa ir o meu povo, para que me sirva.

2 Mas se recusares deixá-lo ir, eis que ferirei com rãs todos os teus termos.

3 O rio produzirá rãs em abundância, que subirão e virão � tua casa, e ao teu dormitório, e sobre a tua cama, e �s casas dos teus servos, e sobre o teu povo, e aos teus fornos, e �s tuas amassadeiras.

4 Sim, as rãs subirão sobre ti, e sobre o teu povo, e sobre todos os teus servos.

5 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés: Dize a Arão: Estende a tua mão com a vara sobre as correntes, e sobre os rios, e sobre as lagoas, e faze subir rãs sobre a terra do Egito.