Êxodo 8:15

15 Mas vendo Faraó que havia descanso, endureceu o seu coração, e não os ouviu, como o Senhor tinha dito.

Êxodo 8:15 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite
From his affliction, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; the plague was removed, and he found himself and his people at ease: or there was a "breathing" {c}; before he and his people were so oppressed, that they could scarce breathe, but now being delivered from the judgment on them with which they were straitened, were enlarged and at liberty, and in easy circumstances: he hardened his heart; (See Gill on Exodus 7:14).

and hearkened not unto them;
to Moses and Aaron, to let the children of Israel go, as they had required, and he had promised:

as the Lord had said;
had foretold that he would not hearken to them, nor let Israel go as yet.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (hxwrh) "respiratio", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Êxodo 8:15 In-Context

13 O Senhor, pois, fez conforme a palavra de Moisés; e as rãs morreram nas casas, nos pátios, e nos campos.

14 E ajuntaram-nas em montes, e a terra, cheirou mal.

15 Mas vendo Faraó que havia descanso, endureceu o seu coração, e não os ouviu, como o Senhor tinha dito.

16 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés: Dize a Arão: Estende a tua vara, e fere o pó da terra, para que se torne em piolhos por toda a terra do Egito.

17 E assim fizeram. Arão estendeu a sua mão com a vara, e feriu o pó da terra, e houve piolhos nos homens e nos animais; todo o pó da terra se tornou em piolhos em toda a terra do Egito.