KJV ORIGINAL
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So please, I beg you, forgive my sin just this one time, and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Pharaoh is desperately begging Moses to forgive him and ask God to remove the plague that's threatening to destroy Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
This plea comes during the eighth plague upon Egypt - a devastating swarm of locusts that had stripped the land bare of all vegetation. Pharaoh had repeatedly hardened his heart against God's commands to let the Israelites go, but this plague brought such complete destruction that even his officials were urging him to relent before Egypt was utterly ruined.
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