Éxodo 8:2

2 'Pero si te niegas a dejarlos ir, he aquí, heriré todo tu territorio con ranas.

Éxodo 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.

Éxodo 8:2 In-Context

1 Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Ve a Faraón y dile: "Así dice el SEÑOR: 'Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me sirva.

2 'Pero si te niegas a dejarlos ir, he aquí, heriré todo tu territorio con ranas.

3 'Y el Nilo se llenará de ranas, que subirán y entrarán en tu casa, en tu alcoba y sobre tu cama, y en las casas de tus siervos y en tu pueblo, en tus hornos y en tus artesas.

4 'Y subirán las ranas sobre ti, sobre tu pueblo y sobre todos tus siervos.'"

5 Dijo además el SEÑOR a Moisés: Di a Aarón: "Extiende tu mano con tu vara sobre los ríos, sobre los arroyos y sobre los estanques, y haz que suban ranas sobre la tierra de Egipto."