12-20-2023, 04:47 PM
On Exodus 5:2, the verb used is "to send out" (so I think that's why people translate with "out" versus "free". Here's the start of 5:2
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹל֔וֹ לְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
The verb "to send out" (שלח) is the 8th word in Ex 5:2. The verse translated literally would go something like "And pharoah said 'who (is) the Lord that I should listen in his voice to send out Israel?' "
On your question about Joseph, he is just one of the 12 sons of Jacob (==> Israel). So the descendants of Joseph is NOT the twelve tribes of Israel, but rather the twelve sons of Israel are the descendants of the inheritance (modulo Levi not receiving land, Joseph not receiving land but his two sons Mannaseh and Ephraim did receive land)
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹל֔וֹ לְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
The verb "to send out" (שלח) is the 8th word in Ex 5:2. The verse translated literally would go something like "And pharoah said 'who (is) the Lord that I should listen in his voice to send out Israel?' "
On your question about Joseph, he is just one of the 12 sons of Jacob (==> Israel). So the descendants of Joseph is NOT the twelve tribes of Israel, but rather the twelve sons of Israel are the descendants of the inheritance (modulo Levi not receiving land, Joseph not receiving land but his two sons Mannaseh and Ephraim did receive land)