Éxodo 8:2

2 Si no los dejas ir, infestaré de ranas todo tu país.

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 El SEÑOR le ordenó a Moisés: «Ve a advertirle al faraón que así dice el SEÑOR: “Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me rinda culto.

2 Si no los dejas ir, infestaré de ranas todo tu país.

3 El Nilo hervirá de ranas, y se meterán en tu palacio, y hasta en tu alcoba y en tu cama, y en las casas de tus funcionarios y de tu pueblo, y en tus hornos y artesas.

4 Se treparán sobre ti, sobre tu pueblo y sobre tus funcionarios”».

5 Luego el SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés: «Dile a Aarón que extienda su vara sobre ríos, arroyos y lagunas, para que todo Egipto se llene de ranas».