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Exode 6:12
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Et Mo�se parla devant l'�ternel, en disant: Voici, les fils d'Isra�l ne m'ont point �cout�; et comment le Pharaon m'�coutera-t-il, moi qui suis incirconcis de l�vres?
Mo�se r�pondit en pr�sence de l'Eternel: Voici, les enfants d'Isra�l ne m'ont point �cout�; comment Pharaon m'�couterait-il, moi qui n'ai pas la parole facile?
Alors Mo�se parla devant l'Eternel, en disant : voici, les enfants d'Isra�l ne m'ont point �cout�, et comment Pharaon m'�coutera-t-il, moi, qui suis incirconcis de l�vres?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
children: Exodus 6:9, Exodus 3:13, Exodus 4:29-31, Exodus 5:19-21
am: The italics shew that this word has been supplied by our translators; hence it may be inferred by some that Moses was uncircumcised. The difficulty is in some measure cleared away, by using the word uncircumcised in the sense of unsuitable or incapacitated - see note on Exodus 6:30, which agrees with Exodus 4:10, where Moses complains of want of eloquence; but by substituting is for am in this place, the connection with the former part of the verse is preserved; "For if the chosen seed, the circumcised sons of Jacob, refuse to hear me," as though Moses had said, "how can I expect to make uncircumcised Pharaoh pay attention to me?" Exodus 6:30, Exodus 4:10, Leviticus 26:41, Deuteronomy 30:6, Isaiah 6:5, Jeremiah 1:6, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 9:26, Acts 7:51
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:11 - General Leviticus 19:23 - uncircumcised Ezekiel 24:27 - thy
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses spake before the Lord,.... Who appeared in a visible form, and had spoke to him with an articulate voice, and before whom Moses stood, and made the following reply:
saying, behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; even though he brought a comfortable message to them from the Lord, and delivered many gracious promises of his to them, assuring them of deliverance out of Egypt, and of their possession of the land of Canaan:
how then shall Pharaoh hear me? making a demand upon him to part with a people, from whose labour he receives so much advantage, and has such an addition to his revenues, and who is a mighty king, and haughty monarch. And this is further enforced from his own weakness and unfitness to speak to Pharaoh:
who [am] of uncircumcised lips? had an impediment in his speech, could not speak freely and readily, but with difficulty; perhaps stammered, and so uttered superfluous syllables, repeated them before he could fully pronounce what he aimed at; or in other words, he was not eloquent, which was his old objection, and had been fully answered before: and by this it appears that there was no alteration in the speech of Moses since God spoke with him at Mount Horeb. Some think Moses expected to have had this impediment removed, and tacitly hints at it here, not being so well satisfied with Aaron's being joined with him as his mouth and spokesman, which seemed to carry in it some reflection upon him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Uncircumcised lips - An uncircumcised ear is one that does not hear clearly; an uncircumcised heart one slow to receive and understand warnings; uncircumcised lips, such as cannot speak fluently. The recurrence of the hesitation of Moses is natural; great as was the former trial this was far more severe; yet his words always imply fear of failure, not of personal danger (see Exodus 3:11).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 6:12. Uncircumcised lips? — The word ערל aral, which we translate uncircumcised, seems to signify any thing exuberant or superfluous. Had not Moses been remarkable for his excellent beauty, I should have thought the passage might be rendered protuberant lips; but as this sense cannot be admitted for the above reason, the word must refer to some natural impediment in his speech; and probably means a want of distinct and ready utterance, either occasioned by some defect in the organs of speech, or impaired knowledge of the Egyptian language after an absence of forty years. Exodus 4:10.
