This they might have inferred,
1. From his extraordinary deliverance out of the Egyptians hands, and out of the river, when young.
2. From his readiness to defend them: it was wonderful, that such a one as he was, and might have been, should mind them.
3. From the drawing near of the time of their deliverance, which they could not, without negligence, be wholly ignorant of. By his hand; by his means and ministry. But they understood not: stupidity is frequently charged upon this people: they then did not receive Moses, as these now would not receive Christ.