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And also bless me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have spoken, and go, and bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and [ask your God to] bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Take your flocks and herds, too, as you asked. Just go! And bless me, too!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and leave. Also pray for a blessing on me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Take both your sheep and your cattle, just as you demanded and go! And bless me too!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone: and bless me also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />take both your flock and your herd as you have spoken, and go; then you have also blessed me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> both your flock and your herd take ye, as ye have spoken, and go; then ye have blessed also me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also your sheep, also your oxen take as ye spake, and go and bless also me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you demanded, and departing, bless me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you requested, and as you go away, bless me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Take your flocks, too, and your herds, as you said, and go; and bless me, too!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And bring a blessing on me too!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also your flocks also your cattle take as you have said, and go and bless me also.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3008" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">The Exodus Begins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31</span>Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">Take</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣō·nə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">your flocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: bə·qar·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">herds</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">as well,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">you have said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wā·lê·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and depart!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: ū·ḇê·raḵ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">And bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯî (DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Exodus 10:24</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Exodus 8:8</a></span><br />Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-25.htm">Exodus 8:25-28</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.” / But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us? / We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Exodus 9:28</a></span><br />Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-8.htm">Exodus 10:8-11</a></span><br />So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?” / “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” / Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/11-1.htm">Exodus 11:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Exodus 13:2</a></span><br />“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15</a></span><br />And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3-4</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, / who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-38.htm">Psalm 105:38</a></span><br />Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a></span><br />By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a></span><br />Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a></span><br />where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.</p><p class="hdg">your flocks</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-26.htm">Exodus 10:26</a></b></br> Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.</p><p class="hdg">bless me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Exodus 8:28</a></b></br> And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Exodus 9:28</a></b></br> Intreat the LORD (for <i>it is</i> enough) that there be no <i>more</i> mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Genesis 27:34,38</a></b></br> And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, <i>even</i> me also, O my father… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/exodus/1-20.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Herds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/exodus/18-10.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Herds</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Take your flocks and herds as well</b><br>This phrase indicates Pharaoh's final concession to Moses' demands after the devastating plagues, particularly the death of the firstborn. Previously, Pharaoh had attempted to negotiate by allowing only the men to go or by keeping the livestock (<a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Exodus 10:24</a>). The inclusion of flocks and herds signifies a complete release, acknowledging the Israelites' need for sacrifices and sustenance. This reflects God's power in fulfilling His promise to deliver His people completely (<a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a>).<p><b>just as you have said</b><br>Pharaoh's words here echo Moses' earlier requests (<a href="/exodus/10-9.htm">Exodus 10:9</a>). This phrase underscores the fulfillment of God's word through Moses, highlighting the authority and accuracy of prophetic declarations. It also demonstrates Pharaoh's reluctant submission to God's will, as he repeats the terms Moses had set forth, showing the triumph of divine over human authority.<p><b>and depart!</b><br>The command to "depart" signifies the culmination of the Exodus narrative, where the Israelites are finally freed from Egyptian bondage. This moment is pivotal in Israel's history, marking the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land. It also prefigures the spiritual liberation found in Christ, who delivers believers from the bondage of sin (<a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a>).<p><b>And bless me also.”</b><br>Pharaoh's request for a blessing is significant, as it reveals a moment of vulnerability and recognition of the God of Israel's power. Despite his hardened heart, Pharaoh seeks favor from the very people he oppressed. This request can be seen as an acknowledgment of the true God, contrasting with the Egyptian pantheon. It also foreshadows the blessing to all nations through Abraham's descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>), ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who brings salvation to all peoples.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who initially refused to let the Israelites go, but after the tenth plague, he relents and asks for a blessing.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, enslaved in Egypt, who are about to be freed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which they are being liberated.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tenth_plague.htm">The Tenth Plague</a></b><br>The death of the firstborn in Egypt, which finally compels Pharaoh to release the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>The plagues demonstrate God's control over nature and His ability to fulfill His promises despite human resistance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Moses and the Israelites followed God's instructions precisely, leading to their deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Pharaoh's request for a blessing highlights the power of intercession and the recognition of God's authority even by those who do not follow Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The Israelites' departure from Egypt is a testament to their faith in God's promises and His deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_covenant.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Covenant</a></b><br>The exodus is a fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham, showing His unwavering commitment to His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_avoid_eating_livestock_in_wilderness.htm">Why didn't Israelites eat their livestock in the wilderness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_nomads_sustain_leviticus_sacrifices.htm">How could a nomadic people in the desert, as described in Exodus, realistically sustain the large-scale animal sacrifices outlined in Leviticus 1?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_reuben_and_gad_sustain_herds.htm">Numbers 32:1-5: How could the tribes of Reuben and Gad realistically sustain such large herds in a desert environment with limited resources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">And bless me also.</span>--Here Pharaoh's humiliation reaches its extreme point. He is reduced by the terrible calamity of the last plague not only to grant all the demands made of him freely, and without restriction, but to crave the favour of a blessing from those whom he had despised, rebuked (<a href="/exodus/5-4.htm" title="And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens.">Exodus 5:4</a>), thwarted, and finally driven from his presence under the threat of death (<a href="/exodus/10-28.htm" title="And Pharaoh said to him, Get you from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in that day you see my face you shall die.">Exodus 10:28</a>). Those with whom were the issues of life and death must, he felt, have the power to bless or curse effectually.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Also take your flocks and your herds</span>. Pharaoh thus retracted the prohibition of <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Exodus 10:24</a>, and "gave the sacrifices and burnt-offerings" which Moses had required (<span class="accented">ib</span>. ver. 25). <span class="cmt_word">Bless me also</span>. Pharaoh was probably accustomed to receive blessings from his own priests, and had thus been led to value them. His desire for a blessing from Moses and Aaron, ere they departed, probably sprang from a conviction - based on the miracles which he had witnessed - that their intercession would avail more with God than that of his own hierarchy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Take</span><br /><span class="heb">קְח֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your flocks</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹאנְכֶ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·nə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">herds</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקַרְכֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qar·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beef cattle, ox, a herd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well,</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have said,</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(dib·bar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and depart!</span><br /><span class="heb">וָלֵ֑כוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wā·lê·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And bless</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵֽרַכְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇê·raḵ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also.”</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-32.htm">Exodus 12:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-32.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:32 Take both your flocks and your herds (Exo. 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