Exodus 7:16
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7:16Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,34 “Release my people, that they may serve me35 in the desert!” But until now36 you have not listened.37
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- 34 The form לֵאמֹר (le’mor) is the Qal infinitive construct with the lamed (ל) preposition. It is used so often epexegetically that it has achieved idiomatic status—“saying” (if translated at all). But here it would make better sense to take it as a purpose infinitive. God sent him to say these words.
- 35 The imperfect tense with the vav (וְיַעַבְדֻנִי, véya’avduni) following the imperative is in volitive sequence, showing the purpose—“that they may serve me.” The word “serve” (עָבַד, ’avad) is a general term to include religious observance and obedience.
- 36 The final עַד־כֹּה (’ad-koh, “until now”) narrows the use of the perfect tense to the present perfect: “you have not listened.” That verb, however, involves more than than mere audition. It has the idea of responding to, hearkening, and in some places obeying; here “you have not complied” might catch the point of what Moses is saying, while “listen” helps to maintain the connection with other uses of the verb.
- 37 Or “complied” (שָׁמַעְתָּ, shama’ta).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.
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Then announce to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you, “Let my people go, so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to listen to him.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Release my people that they may serve me in the desert, and, look, you have not listened until now.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
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