John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1
Then the Lord said unto Moses ,.... In answer to the questions put to him, and the expostulations made with him: now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : in inflicting punishments on him: for with a strong hand shall he let them go; being forced to it by the mighty hand of God upon him; and it is by some rendered, "because of a strong hand" F19 ביד חזקה "propter manum validam"; so some in Drusius. ; so Jarchi; for this is not to be understood of the hand of Pharaoh, but... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9
Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exod. 3:20; After that, he will let you go. When Moses was at his wit's end, wishing he had staid in Midian, rather than have come to Egypt to make bad worse?when he was quite at a loss what to do?Then the Lord said unto Moses, for the quieting of his mind, ?Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh (Exod. 6:1); now that the affair has come to a crisis, things are as... read more