Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. The Lord said unto Moses] Calmet contends that this should be read in the preterpluperfect tense, for the Lord HAD said to Moses, as the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth verses appear to have been spoken when Moses had the interview with Pharaoh mentioned in the preceding chapter; see the note on "chap. x. 29". If therefore this chapter be connected with the preceding, as it should be, and the first three verses not only read in the past tense but also in a parenthesis, the sense will be much more distinct and clear than it now appears.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-3 - A secret revelation was made to Moses while in the presence of Pharaoh that he might give warning of the last dreadful judgment, before he went out. This was the last day of the servitude of Israel; they wer about to go away. Their masters, who had abused them in their work would have sent them away empty; but God provided that the labourer should not lose their hire, and ordered them to demand it now, at their departure, and it was given to them. God will right the injured, who in humble silence commit their cause to him; and none are losers at las by patient suffering. The Lord gave them favour in the sight of the Egyptians, by making it appear how much he favoured them. He als changed the spirit of the Egyptians toward them, and made them to be pitied of their oppressors. Those that honour God, he will honour.
Original Hebrew ויאמר559 יהוה3068 אל413 משׁה4872 עוד5750 נגע5061 אחד259 אביא935 על5921 פרעה6547 ועל5921 מצרים4714 אחרי310 כן3651 ישׁלח7971 אתכם853 מזה2088 כשׁלחו7971 כלה3617 גרשׁ1644 יגרשׁ1644 אתכם853 מזה׃2088
