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30 Then Pharaoh and his officials and all the people of Egypt got up in the night; and there was bitter crying throughout all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house where someone had not died.

31 And Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron during the night and said, “Leave us; please go away, all of you; go and serve Jehovah as you said. 32 Take your flocks and herds and be gone; and oh, give me a blessing as you go.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:32 give me a blessing as you go, literally, “say farewell to me forever.”

30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(A) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

The Exodus

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship(B) the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds,(C) as you have said, and go. And also bless(D) me.”

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