Exodus 8:2

2 En indien gij het weigert te laten trekken, zie, zo zal Ik uw ganse landpale met vorsen slaan;

Exodus 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.

Exodus 8:2 In-Context

1 Daarna zeide de HEERE tot Mozes: Ga in tot Farao, en zeg tot hem: Zo zegt de HEERE: Laat Mijn volk trekken, dat zij Mij dienen.

2 En indien gij het weigert te laten trekken, zie, zo zal Ik uw ganse landpale met vorsen slaan;

3 Dat de rivier van vorsen zal krielen, die zullen opkomen, en in uw huis komen, en in uw slaapkamer, ja, op uw bed; ook in de huizen uwer knechten, en op uw volk, en in uw bakovens, en in uw baktroggen.

4 En de vorsen zullen opkomen, op u, en op uw volk, en op al uw knechten.

5 Verder zeide de HEERE tot Mozes: Zeg tot Aaron: Strek uw hand uit met uw staf, over de stromen, en over de rivieren, en over de poelen; en doe vorsen opkomen over Egypteland.