Exodus 6:9

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7 I will ^atake you as My people, and ^bI will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out ^cfrom under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you into the land which I ^aswore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”

9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; ^abut they did not heed Moses, because of ^banguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

12 And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for ^aI am of uncircumcised lips?”

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a ^acommand for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Exodus 6:9

But they hearkened not - Their bondage was become so extremely oppressive that they had lost all hope of ever being redeemed from it. After this verse the Samaritan adds, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians: for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness. This appears to be borrowed from Exodus 14:12.

Anguish of spirit - kotzer ruach , shortness of spirit or breath. The words signify that their labor was so continual, and their bondage so cruel and oppressive, that they had scarcely time to breathe.

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