And God said, that he would lose them; and he would have, if Moses, his chosen man, had not stood in the breaking of his sight. That he should turn away his ire; lest he lost them.
And I did for my name, that it should not be defouled before heathen men, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, that I should lead them out of the land of Egypt.
But I delayed, or tarried, for the wrath of enemies, lest peradventure their enemies should be proud, and say, Our high hand, and not the Lord’s, did all these things.