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Shemos 3:10 · EXTRA 1 — come, I will send you EXTRA

Parashas Shemos · Side page (no TT primary unit on this range)

The Complete Passuk

וְעַתָּ֣ה לְכָ֔ה וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֖ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְהוֹצֵ֛א אֶת־עַמִּ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃

Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall free My people, the Israelites, from Egypt.”

Chabad.org — 3:10

Source Citation

Shemos Rabbah 3:4 — EXTRA.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

לכה — אין לכה אלא לשון בקשה.

English: “Come (lecha)” — lecha is nothing other than a language of request.

On the midrash / in context: God’s commission is framed as a request rather than a bare command, consistent with the pattern of divine courtesy toward the prophets.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal note that the mission is introduced with the soft language of request.

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