And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
Moses was often scorned by an ungrateful and faithless people and almost stoned, and yet with mildness and patience he prayed to the Lord in their behalf.
That the. The sentence is left imperfect, to signify the agitation and distress with which Moses was oppressed, as if he had said, Thou wilt thus afford a pretext, that the Egyptians and Chanaanites may say to one another, that thou couldst not perform what thou hadst promised; and therefore, that in vexation thou hadst destroyed thy people. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "Then the Egyptians shall hear it.and will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. Because the Lord could not", ver. 16. (Calmet)
Thus they will blaspheme thy holy name. (Menochius)
