Exodus 12:32Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you demanded, and departing bless me.
Douay-Rheims

גַּם־צֹאנְכֶ֨ם גַּם־בְּקַרְכֶ֥ם קְח֛וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם וָלֵ֑כוּ וּבֵֽרַכְתֶּ֖ם גַּם־אֹתִֽי׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Wlastow G.K.

19th centuryCommentator

The concluding statements reveal that Pharaoh, despite his persistent defiance, ultimately submitted to God's purpose. Indeed, he once again opposed God by oppressing Israel, but for this transgression, he met his end in the waters of the Red Sea.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ex 10:26All the flocks shall go with us; there shall not a hoof remain of them: for they are necessary for the service of the Lord our God: especially as we know not what must be offered, till we come to the very place.
Gen 27:34Esau having heard his father's words, roared out with a great cry; and, being in a consternation, said: Bless me also, my father.
Ex 8:28And Pharao said: I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but go no farther: pray for me.
Ex 10:9Moses said: We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, with our sheep and herds: for it is the solemnity of the Lord our God.
Gen 27:38And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry,
Ex 9:28Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer.