And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
13. Send, I pray thee, by the hand. Those who interpret this passage as alluding to Christ, Cornelius a Lapide in loc. “Multi patres, ut S. Justinus, Tertll., Cyprian., Euseb., scribentes contra Judaeos, et Rupert. putant Mosen hic petiisse adventum Messiae; hujus enim nomen erat missus vel mittendus, etc. Hic sensus valde probabilis, et accommodatus est, quicquid objiciat Absolen.
Moses persists in backward steps, and we cannot now call it humility but must own cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief. He was a great mind but no orator, and thought himself unfit for great affairs; yet God often chooses those with fewest natural advantages, that His grace may shine the brighter. An unwilling mind will seize any sorry excuse rather than obey.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 4:10-17
And he said, O my Lord,.... Acknowledging his dominion, his sovereignty, his power to do the above things: or "on me, O Lord" (u), be the blame for making such objections; or on me let this work be devolved, since it is thy pleasure: send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.