Exodus 5:2 (WEB)
Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“And this I say, because I know many, who like Pharaoh are even now saying, “I know not God,”and making those that are in their power cleave to the clay and to the bricks.” — editor's note: Exod. v. 2.
Read the whole comment“For, “I know not,” he saith, “the Lord,”and he became inferior to flies and frogs, and the locusts, and after that with his very arms and horses was he drowned in the sea.” — editor's note: Exod. v. 2.
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Jerome
“He had said: “I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go;” and you imitate him when you say: “The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.”” — editor's note: Ex. v. 2.
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John Cassian
“The one says, “I know not the Lord and will not let Israel go;” the other, “If I say that I know Him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know Him, and keep His commandments.”” — editor's note: Exod. v. 2.
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