Exodus 9:28

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Pharaoh addresses Moses and Aaron during the hail plague, acknowledging his own wickedness and Yahweh’s righteousness before demanding immediate prayer to stop the storm.

The words — הַעְתִּירוּ (ha'tiru) translates to "pray," and רַב (rav) means "too much" or "enough," directly framing the plea as a request to end the overwhelming thunder and hail of God.

The thread — This appeal repeats Pharaoh’s pattern in Exodus 8:8 and Exodus 10:17, where he asks Moses to intercede during plagues before offering conditional promises to release Israel.

Why it lands — The text records Pharaoh’s pragmatic demand to halt the destruction before his repentance, requiring the reader to observe how repeated concessions precede genuine submission.

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The Hebrew words

הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙ha'.Ti.rupray אֶל־'el-to יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh וְרַ֕בve./Ravand/ [is too] much מִֽהְיֹ֛תmi/h.Yotfor/ being קֹלֹ֥תko.Lot[the] thunder claps of אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGod וּבָרָ֑דu./va.Radand/ [the] hail וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣הva./'a.sha.le.Chahand/ I will let go אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you וְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ not תֹסִפ֖וּןto.si.Fu/nyou will increase/ !לַעֲמֹֽד׃la./'a.Modto/ stay

King James Version

Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Cross-references

Exodus 8:8 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.”
Exodus 10:17 Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Exodus 8:28 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
Exodus 11:1 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.
Psalms 29:3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Acts 8:24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”