SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:16
¶ Ve, y junta los ancianos de Israel, y diles: El SEÑOR Dios de vuestros padres, el Dios de Abraham, de Isaac, y de Jacob, se me apareció, diciendo: De cierto os he visitado, y visto lo que se os hace en Egipto;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:16
Verse 16. Elders of Israel] Though it is not likely the Hebrews were permitted to have any regular government at this time, yet there can be no doubt of their having such a government in the time of Joseph, and for some considerable time after; the elders of each tribe forming a kind of court of magistrates, by which all actions were tried, and legal decisions made, in the Israelitish community. I have surely visited you] An exact fulfillment of the prediction of Joseph, Gen. l. 24, God will surely visit you, and in the same words too.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-22 - Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in thi day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions an persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those wil certainly be broken by the power of God's hand, who will not bow to the power of his word. Pharaoh's people should furnish Israel with riche at their departure. In Pharaoh's tyranny and Israel's oppression, we see the miserable, abject state of sinners. However galling the yoke they drudge on till the Lord sends redemption. With the invitations of the gospel, God sends the teaching of his Spirit. Thus are men mad willing to seek and to strive for deliverance. Satan loses his power to hold them, they come forth with all they have and are, and apply all to the glory of God and the service of his church __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
לך 1980 ואספת 622 את 853 זקני 2205 ישׂראל 3478 ואמרת 559 אלהם 413 יהוה 3068 אלהי 430 אבתיכם 1 נראה 7200 אלי 413 אלהי 430 אברהם 85 יצחק 3327 ויעקב 3290 לאמר 559 פקד 6485 פקדתי 6485 אתכם 853 ואת 853 העשׂוי 6213 לכם במצרים׃ 4714
