Esodo 8:2

2 E se rifiuti di lasciarlo andare, ecco, io colpirò tutta l’estensione del tuo paese col flagello delle rane;

Esodo 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.

Esodo 8:2 In-Context

1 Poi l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Va’ da Faraone, e digli: Così dice l’Eterno: Lascia andare il mio popolo perché mi serva.

2 E se rifiuti di lasciarlo andare, ecco, io colpirò tutta l’estensione del tuo paese col flagello delle rane;

3 e il fiume brulicherà di rane, che saliranno ed entreranno nella tua casa, nella camera ove dormi, sul tuo letto, nelle case de’ tuoi servitori e fra il tuo popolo, ne’ tuoi forni e nelle tue madie.

4 E le rane assaliranno te, il tuo popolo e tutti i tuoi servitori".

5 E l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Di’ ad Aaronne: Stendi la tua mano col tuo bastone sui fiumi, sui rivi e sugli stagni e fa salir le rane sul paese d’Egitto".