^12:31Pharaoh⁷⁷ summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Get up, get out⁷⁸ from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord as you have requested!⁷⁹^12:32Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”⁸⁰

^12:33The Egyptians were urging⁸¹ the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly,⁸² for they were saying, “We are all dead!”

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Footnotes

77 Heb “he”; the referent (Pharaoh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
78 The urgency in Pharaoh’s words is caught by the abrupt use of the imperatives—“get up, go” (קוּמוּ צְּאוּ, qumu tsé’u), and “go, serve” (וּלְכוּ עִבְדוּ, ulékhu ’ivdu) and “take” and “leave/go” (וָלֵכוּ … קְחוּ, qékhu … valekhu).
79 Heb “as you have said.” The same phrase also occurs in the following verse. It appears from this clause that Pharaoh has given up attempting to impose restrictions as he had earlier. With the severe judgment on him for his previous refusals he should now know that these people are no longer his subjects, and he is no longer sovereign. As Moses had insisted, all the Israelites would leave, and with all their possessions, to worship Yahweh.
80 The form is the Piel perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive (וּבֵרַכְתֶּם, uverakhtem); coming in the sequence of imperatives this perfect tense would be volitional—probably a request rather than a command. Pharaoh probably meant that they should bless him also when they were sacrificing to Yahweh in their religious festival—after all, he might reason, he did let them go (after divine judgment). To bless him would mean to invoke good gifts from God for him.
81 The verb used here (חָזַק, khazaq) is the same verb used for Pharaoh’s heart being hardened. It conveys the idea of their being resolved or insistent in this—they were not going to change.
82 The phrase uses two construct infinitives in a hendiadys, the first infinitive becoming the modifier.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”

The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”

The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He summoned Moses and Aaron during the night and said, “Get out immediately from among my people, both you and the Israelites, and go, worship the Lord as you have said. Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.”

Now the Egyptians pressured the people in order to send them quickly out of the country, for they said, “We’re all going to die!”

NLTNew Living Translation

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.” All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he called Moses and Aaron at night, and he said, “Get up, go out from the midst of my people, both you as well as the Israelites, and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said. Take both your sheep and goats as well as your cattle, and go, and bless also me.”

And the Egyptians urged the people in order to hurry their release from the land, because they said, “All of us will die!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

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