Exodus · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Exodus 14 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγων,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀποστρέψαντες στρατοπεδευσάτωσαν ἀπέναντι τῆς ἐπαύλεως, ἀνὰ μέσον Μαγδώλου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης, ἐξεναντίας Βεελσεπφῶν· ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν στρατοπεδεύσεις ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
3 Καὶ ἐρεῖ Φαραὼ τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πλανῶνται οὗτοι ἐν τῇ γῇ, συγκέκλεικε γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ ἔρημος.
3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
4 Ἐγὼ δὲ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ καταδιώξεται ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐνδοξασθήσομαι ἐν Φαραῷ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ στρατίᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος· καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως.
4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.
5 Καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅτι πέφευγεν ὁ λαός· καὶ μετεστράφη ἡ καρδία Φαραὼ, καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν, καὶ εἶπαν, τί τοῦτο ἐποιήσαμεν, τοῦ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ, τοῦ μὴ δουλεύειν ἡμῖν;
5 The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
6 Ἔζευξεν οὖν Φαραὼ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ συναπήγαγε μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ,
6 He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;
7 καὶ λαβὼν ἑξακόσια ἅρματα ἐκλεκτὰ, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἵππον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ τριστάτας ἐπὶ πάντων.
7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
8 Καὶ ἐσκλήρυνε Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐξεπορεύοντο ἐν χειρὶ ὑψηλῇ.
8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
9 Καὶ κατεδίωξαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ εὕροσαν αὐτοὺς παρεμβεβληκότας παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἵππος καὶ τὰ ἅρματα Φαραὼ, καὶ οἱ ἱππεῖς, καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ αὐτοῦ ἀπέναντι τῆς ἐπαύλεως, ἐξεναντίας Βεελσεπφῶν.
9 The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10 Καὶ Φαραὼ προσῆγε· καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρῶσι, καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐστρατοπέδευσαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα· ἀνεβόησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Κύριον.
10 When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
11 Καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μωυσῆν, παρὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν μνήματα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐξήγαγες ἡμᾶς θανατῶσαι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν, ἐξαγαγὼν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου;
11 They said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt?
12 Οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, λέγοντες, πάρες ἡμᾶς, ὅπως δουλεύσωμεν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις; κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ.
12 Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
13 Εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν λαὸν, θαρσεῖτε, στῆτε καὶ ὁρᾶτε τὴν σωτηρίαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἣν ποιήσει ἡμῖν σήμερον· ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ἑωράκατε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους σήμερον, οὐ προσθήσεσθε ἔτι ἰδεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον·
13 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.
14 Κύριος πολεμήσει περὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ ὑμεῖς σιγήσετε.
14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
15 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, τί βοᾷς πρός με; λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀναζευξάτωσαν.
15 Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
16 Καὶ σὺ ἔπαρον τῇ ῥάβδῳ σου, καὶ ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ῥῆξον αὐτήν· καὶ εἰσελθάτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης κατὰ τὸ ξηρόν.
16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.
17 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων πάντων, καὶ εἰσελεύσονται ὀπίσω αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐνδοξασθήσομαι ἐν Φαραῷ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἅρμασι, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἵπποις αὐτοῦ.
17 Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
18 Καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμὶ Κύριος, ἐνδοξαζομένου μου ἐν Φαραῷ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἅρμασι, καὶ ἵπποις αὐτοῦ.
18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
19 Ἐξῇρε δὲ ὁ Ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ προπορευόμενος τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν· ἐξῇρε δὲ καὶ ὁ στύλος τὴς νεφέλης ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔστη ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.
19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
20 Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν Αἰγυπίων, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔστη· καὶ ἐγένετο σκότος καὶ γνόφος· καὶ διῆλθεν ἡ νύξ· καὶ οὐ συνέμιξαν ἀλλήλοις ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.
20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
21 Ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ ὑπήγαγε Κύριος τὴν θάλασσαν ἐν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ βιαίῳ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα, καὶ ἐποίησε τὴν θάλασσαν ξηράν· καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ ὕδωρ.
21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 Καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης κατὰ τὸ ξηρόν· καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτῆς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν, καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων.
22 The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 Καὶ κάτεδίωξαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ εἰσῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶς ἵππος Φαραὼ, καὶ τὰ ἅρματα, καὶ οἱ ἀναβάται, εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης.
23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Ἐγενήθη δὲ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ, καὶ ἐπίβλεψε Κύριος ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐν στύλῳ πυρὸς καὶ νεφέλης, καὶ συνετάραξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων,
24 In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
25 καὶ συνέδησε τοὺς ἄξονας τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς μετὰ βίας· καὶ εἶπαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, φυγωμεν ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσραήλ· ὁ γὰρ Κύριος πολεμεῖ περὶ αὐτῶν τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους.
25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
26 Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀποκαταστήτω τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐπικαλυψάτω τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους, ἐπί τε τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τοὺς ἀναβάτας.
26 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 Ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀπεκατέστη τὸ ὕδωρ πρὸς ἡμέραν ἐπὶ χώρας· οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἔφυγον ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐξετίναξε Κύριος τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους μέσον τῆς θαλάσοης.
27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
28 Καὶ ἐπαναστραφὲν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκάλυψε τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τοὺς ἀναβάτας, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν Φαραὼ, τοὺς εἰσπεπορευμένους ὀπίσω αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδὲ εἷς.
28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
29 Οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπορεύθησαν διὰ ξηρᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῆς θάλασσης· τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ αὐτοῖς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν, καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων.
29 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 Καὶ ἐῤῥύσατο Κύριος τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· καὶ εἶδεν Ἰσραὴλ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους τεθνηκότας παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης.
30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 Εἶδε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν μεγάλην, ἃ ἐποίησε Κύριος τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· ἐφοβήθη δὲ ὁ λαὸς τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ Μωυσῇ τῷ θεράποντι αὐτοῦ.
31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Numbers 33:7–8; Jeremiah 44:1; Exodus 13:17–18; Jeremiah 46:14; Exodus 14:9
- 3 Acts 4:28; Ezekiel 38:17; Psalm 139:4; 1 Samuel 23:7; Psalm 3:2
- 4 Romans 9:22–23; Exodus 7:5; Romans 9:17; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:16
- 5 Psalm 105:25; Luke 11:24–26; Exodus 12:33; Jeremiah 34:10–17; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 7 Psalm 20:7; Exodus 15:4; Judges 4:15; Judges 4:3; Psalm 68:17
- 8 Numbers 33:3; Acts 13:17; Deuteronomy 26:8; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 14:4
- 9 Exodus 15:9; Joshua 24:6; Exodus 14:2
- 10 Psalm 107:6; Psalm 34:17; Nehemiah 9:9; Joshua 24:7; Matthew 8:25–26
- 11 Psalm 106:7–8; Numbers 14:1–4; Exodus 17:2–3; Exodus 15:23–24; Exodus 16:2–3
- 12 Jonah 4:3; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 6:9; Exodus 5:21; Exodus 3:9
- 13 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Exodus 14:30; Isaiah 41:10–14; 2 Kings 6:16
- 14 Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4; 2 Chronicles 20:17; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:3
- 15 Joshua 7:10; Ezra 10:4–5; Exodus 17:4; Nehemiah 9:9
- 16 Exodus 7:19; Exodus 4:17; Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:2; Exodus 7:9
- 17 Exodus 14:8; Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 34:20; Deuteronomy 32:39; Ezekiel 34:11
- 18 Exodus 7:5; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 14:4
- 19 Isaiah 63:9; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 23:20–21; Numbers 20:16; Exodus 13:21–22
- 20 Isaiah 8:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; Proverbs 4:18–19; Psalm 18:11
- 21 Isaiah 63:12; Psalm 66:6; Exodus 15:8; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 78:13
- 22 Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:19; Psalm 66:6; Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:29
- 23 Exodus 14:17; Exodus 15:19; 1 Kings 22:20; Exodus 15:9; Ecclesiastes 9:3
- 24 Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:25; Psalm 77:16–19; Job 34:29; Job 23:15–16
- 25 Exodus 14:14; Jeremiah 51:21; Job 20:24; 1 Samuel 4:7–8; Deuteronomy 3:22
- 26 Exodus 14:16; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 7:19; Judges 1:6–7; Revelation 16:6
- 27 Joshua 4:18; Psalm 78:53; Deuteronomy 11:4; Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:1–21
- 28 Psalm 78:53; Psalm 106:9–11; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Habakkuk 3:13; Psalm 136:15
- 29 Exodus 14:22; Isaiah 51:13; Joshua 3:16; Isaiah 63:12–13; Job 38:8–11
- 30 Psalm 106:10; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 58:10; Jude 5; Psalm 92:9–11
- 31 John 2:11; John 11:45; John 8:30–32; John 2:23–25; Psalm 106:12–13
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The sea was divided; a way was made in the midst of the waves; their enemies following, were covered by the same waves through which they passed: and yet when Moses, the man of God, had departed from their sight, they asked for an idol, and said, "Make us gods to go before us; for this man has deserted us." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Since Moses too was pained, and prayed in this way and was heard; for this cause also God said unto him, "Wherefore criest thou unto me." And Hannah too again, her voice not being heard, accomplished all she wished, forasmuch as her heart cried out.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness His secret place," namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Some "were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." And it is admitted that faith even before now has been put in men; for "The people believed God and his servant Moses." Why then, it is asked, do we, on account of faith and of baptism, exalt and magnify the Holy Spirit so far above creation, when …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For who else save Moses smote the Egyptians with so many and mighty plagues, as when He led the people through the parted waters of the sea, when he obtained manna for them from heaven in their hunger, and water from the rock in their thirst?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)