Exodus 4:13

4:13 But Moses said, ¹  “O ²  my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!” ³ 

Exodus 4:2

4:2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” ⁴ 

Exodus 14:27

14:27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state ⁵  when the sun began to rise. ⁶  Now the Egyptians were fleeing ⁷  before it, but the Lord overthrew ⁸  the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

Acts 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ⁹  all the things God ¹⁰  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ¹¹  of faith for the Gentiles.

Romans 15:18

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ¹²  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

¹ tn Heb “And he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The word בִּי (bi) is a particle of entreaty; it seeks permission to speak and is always followed by “Lord” or “my Lord.”

³ tn The text has simply שְׁלַח־נָא בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָח (shÿlakh-na’ bÿyad tishlakh, “send by the hand you will send”). This is not Moses’ resignation to doing God’s will – it is his final attempt to avoid the call. It carries the force of asking God to send someone else. This is an example of an independent relative clause governed by the genitive: “by the hand of – whomever you will send” (see GKC 488-89 §155.n).

⁴ tn Or “rod” (KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “walking stick”; NLT “shepherd’s staff.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew term לְאֵיתָנוֹ (lÿ’etano) means “to its place,” or better, “to its perennial state.” The point is that the sea here had a normal level, and now when the Egyptians were in the sea on the dry ground the water would return to that level.

⁶ tn Heb “at the turning of the morning”; NASB, NIV, TEV, CEV “at daybreak.”

⁷ tn The clause begins with the disjunctive vav (ו) on the noun, signaling either a circumstantial clause or a new beginning. It could be rendered, “Although the Egyptians…Yahweh…” or “as the Egyptians….”

⁸ tn The verb means “shake out” or “shaking off.” It has the significance of “throw downward.” See Neh 5:13 or Job 38:13.

⁹ tn Or “announced.”

¹⁰ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

¹¹ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

¹² tn Grk “unto obedience.”