New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 14:1-4

1Now the Lordיְהֹוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵּאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2“Tellדַּבֵּר֮da.BerH1696the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElH3478to turnוְיָשֻׁ֗בוּve.ya.Shu.vuH7725backH7725and campוְיַחֲנוּ֙ve.ya.cha.NuH2583beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440Pi-hahirothH6367,betweenH996Migdolמִגְדֹּ֖לmig.DolH4024and the seaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220;you shall campתַחֲנ֖וּta.cha.NuH2583in frontלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440of Baal-zephonH1189,oppositeנִכְח֥וֹnikh.ChoH5227it, by the seaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220.

3For Pharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547will sayוְאָמַ֤רve.'a.MarH559of the sonsלִבְנֵ֣יliv.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, ‘They are wanderingH943aimlesslyH943in the landבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776;the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057has shutסָגַ֥רsa.GarH5462them in.’

4Thus I willhardenוְחִזַּקְתִּ֣יve.chi.zak.TiH2388Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹה֮par.'OhH6547heartלֵב־lev-H3820, andhe will chaseוְרָדַ֣ףve.ra.DafH7291afterאַחֲרֵיהֶם֒'a.cha.rei.HemH310them; and I will be honoredוְאִכָּבְדָ֤הve.'i.ka.ve.DahH3513through Pharaohבְּפַרְעֹה֙be.far.'OhH6547and allוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605his armyחֵיל֔וֹchei.LoH2428, andthe EgyptiansH4714will knowוְיָדְע֥וּve.ya.de.'UH3045that I am the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068.”And they didוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵֽן׃KhenH3651.

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