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The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9)
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"The modesty and ingenuity which M. Greppo has exhibited, in
the discussion which gives occasion to the present note,
certainly entitle him to much credit and approbation. Still
it seems to me very doubtful, whether the exegesis in
question can be supported. When God says, in Exod. xiv. 17,
'I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host,
upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen;" and when he
repeats the same sentiment in Exod. xiv. 18; the natural
inference seems to be, that the fate of Pharaoh would be the
same as that of his host, his chariots and his horsemen.
Accordingly, in Exod. xiv. 23, it is said, 'The Egyptians
pursued, and went in after them [the Hebrews] into the midst
of the sea, _every horse of Pharaoh and his chariot_, and
his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.' It is true,
indeed, that kol-sus par`ó v^eh.é-ló may mean, _all the
horses of Pharaoh and all his chariots_, viz. all those
which belonged to his army. But is it not the natural
implication here, that Pharaoh was at the head of his army,
and led them on? And when in Exod. xiv. 28 it is said, that
of all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after the
Israelites, _there remained not so much as one of them_, is
not the natural implication here, that Pharaoh at the head
of his army went into the sea, and perished along with them?
"In the triumphal song of Moses and the Hebrews, recorded in
Exod. xv., the implication in verses 4, 19, seems most
naturally to be, that Pharaoh was joined with his army in
the destruction to which they were subjected.
"But still more does this appear, in Ps. cvi. 11, where it
is said, 'The waters covered their enemies [the Egyptians];
_there was not one of them left_.' How could this well be
said, if Pharaoh himself, the most powerful, unrelenting,
and bitter enemy which they had, was still preserved alive,
and permitted afterwards to make new conquests over his
southern neighbours? This passage M. Greppo has entirely
overlooked.
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