Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” New Living Translation Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.” English Standard Version Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!” Berean Standard Bible Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” King James Bible Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. New King James Version Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.” New American Standard Bible Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.” NASB 1995 “Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.” NASB 1977 “Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.” Legacy Standard Bible Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have spoken, and go, and bless me also.” Amplified Bible Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and [ask your God to] bless me also.” Christian Standard Bible Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.” American Standard Version Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. Contemporary English Version Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me." English Revised Version Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. GOD'S WORD® Translation Take your flocks and herds, too, as you asked. Just go! And bless me, too!" Good News Translation Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and leave. Also pray for a blessing on me." International Standard Version Take both your sheep and your cattle, just as you demanded and go! And bless me too!" Majority Standard Bible Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.? NET Bible Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also." New Heart English Bible Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also." Webster's Bible Translation Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone: and bless me also. World English Bible Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiontake both your flock and your herd as you have spoken, and go; then you have also blessed me.” Young's Literal Translation both your flock and your herd take ye, as ye have spoken, and go; then ye have blessed also me.' Smith's Literal Translation Also your sheep, also your oxen take as ye spake, and go and bless also me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYour sheep and herds take along with you, as you demanded, and departing, bless me. Catholic Public Domain Version Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you requested, and as you go away, bless me.” New American Bible Take your flocks, too, and your herds, as you said, and go; and bless me, too!” New Revised Standard Version Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And bring a blessing on me too!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAlso take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also your flocks also your cattle take as you have said, and go and bless me also.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Exodus Begins31Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. 32Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” 33And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”… Cross References Exodus 10:24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.” Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.” Exodus 8:25-28 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.” / But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us? / We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.” ... Exodus 9:28 Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.” Exodus 10:8-11 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?” / “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” / Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil. ... Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely. Exodus 13:2 “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.” Exodus 13:15 And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’ Numbers 33:3-4 On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, / who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods. Psalm 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. Acts 7:36 He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn. 1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Revelation 11:8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. Matthew 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Treasury of Scripture Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. your flocks Exodus 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. bless me Exodus 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. Exodus 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. Genesis 27:34,38 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father… Jump to Previous Bless Blessed Blessing Flock Flocks Herd HerdsJump to Next Bless Blessed Blessing Flock Flocks Herd HerdsExodus 12 1. The beginning of the year is changed3. The Passover is instituted 11. The import of the rite of the Passover 15. Unleavened bread 29. The firstborn are slain 31. The Israelites are driven out of the land 37. They come to Succoth 41. The time of their sojourning 43. The ordinance of the Passover Take your flocks and herds as well This phrase indicates Pharaoh's final concession to Moses' demands after the devastating plagues, particularly the death of the firstborn. Previously, Pharaoh had attempted to negotiate by allowing only the men to go or by keeping the livestock (Exodus 10:24). The inclusion of flocks and herds signifies a complete release, acknowledging the Israelites' need for sacrifices and sustenance. This reflects God's power in fulfilling His promise to deliver His people completely (Exodus 3:18). just as you have said and depart! And bless me also.” Persons / Places / Events 1. PharaohThe ruler of Egypt who initially refused to let the Israelites go, but after the tenth plague, he relents and asks for a blessing. 2. Moses The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. 3. The Israelites The descendants of Jacob, enslaved in Egypt, who are about to be freed. 4. Egypt The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which they are being liberated. 5. The Tenth Plague The death of the firstborn in Egypt, which finally compels Pharaoh to release the Israelites. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty and PowerThe plagues demonstrate God's control over nature and His ability to fulfill His promises despite human resistance. The Importance of Obedience Moses and the Israelites followed God's instructions precisely, leading to their deliverance. The Role of Intercession Pharaoh's request for a blessing highlights the power of intercession and the recognition of God's authority even by those who do not follow Him. Faith in Action The Israelites' departure from Egypt is a testament to their faith in God's promises and His deliverance. God's Faithfulness to His Covenant The exodus is a fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham, showing His unwavering commitment to His people.(32) And bless me also.--Here Pharaoh's humiliation reaches its extreme point. He is reduced by the terrible calamity of the last plague not only to grant all the demands made of him freely, and without restriction, but to crave the favour of a blessing from those whom he had despised, rebuked (Exodus 5:4), thwarted, and finally driven from his presence under the threat of death (Exodus 10:28). Those with whom were the issues of life and death must, he felt, have the power to bless or curse effectually.Verse 32. - Also take your flocks and your herds. Pharaoh thus retracted the prohibition of Exodus 10:24, and "gave the sacrifices and burnt-offerings" which Moses had required (ib. ver. 25). Bless me also. Pharaoh was probably accustomed to receive blessings from his own priests, and had thus been led to value them. His desire for a blessing from Moses and Aaron, ere they departed, probably sprang from a conviction - based on the miracles which he had witnessed - that their intercession would avail more with God than that of his own hierarchy. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Takeקְח֛וּ (qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take your flocks צֹאנְכֶ֨ם (ṣō·nə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and herds בְּקַרְכֶ֥ם (bə·qar·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd as well, גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have said, דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם (dib·bar·tem) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue and depart! וָלֵ֑כוּ (wā·lê·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk And bless וּבֵֽרַכְתֶּ֖ם (ū·ḇê·raḵ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse me אֹתִֽי׃ (’ō·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case also.” גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and Links Exodus 12:32 NIVExodus 12:32 NLT Exodus 12:32 ESV Exodus 12:32 NASB Exodus 12:32 KJV Exodus 12:32 BibleApps.com Exodus 12:32 Biblia Paralela Exodus 12:32 Chinese Bible Exodus 12:32 French Bible Exodus 12:32 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 12:32 Take both your flocks and your herds (Exo. 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