Exodus 3:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will give this people favour— An expression, which abundantly serves to clear the difficulty raised by some from what is mentioned in the following verse. GOD, in whose hand are all hearts, promises, that he himself will influence the Egyptians to favour the Israelites at their departure, to grant them what they shall ask, (for so the word שׁאל sheal, which we render borrow, should be translated,) and generously to dismiss them with such presents, as might be thought, in some degree, a compensation for the injuries they had received in Egypt.