Exodus 7:4

7:4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. ¹  I will reach into ²  Egypt and bring out my regiments, ³  my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

Exodus 7:9

7:9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do ⁴  a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down ⁵  before Pharaoh,’ it will become ⁶  a snake.”

¹ tn Heb “and Pharaoh will not listen.”

² tn Heb “put my hand into.” The expression is a strong anthropomorphism to depict God’s severest judgment on Egypt. The point is that neither the speeches of Moses and Aaron nor the signs that God would do will be effective. Consequently, God would deliver the blow that would destroy.

³ tn See the note on this term in 6:26.

⁴ tn The verb is תְּנוּ (tÿnu), literally “give.” The imperative is followed by an ethical dative that strengthens the subject of the imperative: “you give a miracle.”

⁵ tn Heb “and throw it.” The direct object, “it,” is implied.

⁶ tn The form is the jussive יְהִי ( yÿhi). Gesenius notes that frequently in a conditional clause, a sentence with a protasis and apodosis, the jussive will be used. Here it is in the apodosis (GKC 323 §109.h).