Exodus 33:17

33:17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know ¹  you by name.”

Exodus 34:9

34:9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord ²  go among us, for we ³  are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

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¹ tn The verb in this place is a preterite with the vav (ו) consecutive, judging from the pointing. It then follows in sequence the verb “you have found favor,” meaning you stand in that favor, and so it means “I have known you” and still do (equal to the present perfect). The emphasis, however, is on the results of the action, and so “I know you.”

² tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” two times here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

³ tn Heb “it is.” Hebrew uses the third person masculine singular pronoun here in agreement with the noun “people.”