לֵ֣ךְ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֞ה בַּבֹּ֗קֶר הִנֵּה֙ יֹצֵ֣א הַמַּ֔יְמָה וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥ לִקְרָאת֖וֹ עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַיְאֹ֑ר וְהַמַּטֶּ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְנָחָ֖שׁ תִּקַּ֥ח בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃
Pumunta ka kay Faraon sa umaga; narito, lumalabas siya patungo sa tubig. At tumayo ka sa pampang ng Ilog upang salubungin siya, at hawakan mo sa iyong kamay ang tungkod na naging ahas.
On the Confusion of Tongues
[29] But Moses the prophet of God shall meet and stem the strong current of their boldness, though, setting before them as their king their boldest and most cunning eloquence, they come rushing with united onset, though they mass their wealth of water and their tide is as the tide of a river. “Behold,” he says, “the King of Egypt comes to the water, but thou shalt stand meeting him at the edge of the river” (Ex. 7:15).
On Dreams
§ 300. Ex. 7:15. It is idle to guess what text or texts followed. Though Euphrates, except in Gen. 2:15, is only mentioned as a boundary, this and the other three rivers of that passage, as well as the “river of God” in Ps. 46, would serve his purpose. His point is that spiritually the “river of Egypt” alone is identified with mere speech. He seems in § 302 to ignore the fact that in §§ 238 f. he has identified all rivers with λόγος. Possibly the sequel went on to shew that in good rivers speech is reasonable speech which is inseparable from action.
On Dreams
The first of these three, the company of the pleasure-lovers, are described as having for their leader the king of the country of Egypt. For God says to the prophet, “Behold he himself goeth forth to the water, and thou shalt stand meeting him by the edge (lip) of the river” (Ex. 7:15).