5:17 But Pharaoh replied, 1 “You are slackers! Slackers! 2 That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
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 3 you by name.”
1 tn Heb “And he said.”
2 tn Or “loafers.” The form נִרְפִּים (nirpim) is derived from the verb רָפָה (rafah), meaning “to be weak, to let oneself go.”
3 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.”