Esodo 6:11

11 "Va’, parla a Faraone re d’Egitto, ond’egli lasci uscire i figliuoli d’Israele dal suo paese".

Esodo 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:11

Go in
Into Pharaoh's palace, and into his presence, to whom access seems not to be very difficult; and perhaps access to princes was not attended with so much ceremony then as it now is:

speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt;
though a king, and a king of so large a country as Egypt, yet do not be afraid to speak to him; speak to him plainly and boldly, not in a supplicatory, but in an authoritative way, in the name of the King of kings:

that he let the children of Israel go out of his land;
this demand had been made before, but was rejected with an haughty air, and now it is repeated, before the Lord proceeds to punish him for his disobedience, that his judgments upon him might appear more manifestly to be just and right.

Esodo 6:11 In-Context

9 E Mosè parlò a quel modo ai figliuoli d’Israele; ma essi non dettero ascolto a Mosè, a motivo dell’angoscia dello spirito loro e della loro dura schiavitù.

10 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

11 "Va’, parla a Faraone re d’Egitto, ond’egli lasci uscire i figliuoli d’Israele dal suo paese".

12 Ma Mosè parlò nel cospetto dell’Eterno, e disse: "Ecco, i figliuoli d’Israele non mi hanno dato ascolto; come dunque darebbe Faraone ascolto a me che sono incirconciso di labbra?"

13 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè e ad Aaronne, e comandò loro d’andare dai figliuoli d’Israele e da Faraone re d’Egitto, per trarre i figliuoli d’Israele dal paese d’Egitto.