Exodus 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Who is the LORD? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). Note the repetition of Pharaoh's "I", answered by Jehovah's "I "eighteen times in Exodus 6:1-8.

voice. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). App-6. Voice put for commands uttered by it.

Israel. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). App-6.

Exodus 5:2

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.