Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”

So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

(Now the Lord granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?