Exodus 10:17Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
The setting
Memphis, Egypt, ~1446 BC. Pharaoh's palace throne room. Locusts have devoured everything green in Egypt. Modern-day Cairo, Egypt.
The emotion here: desperate and humiliated but still calculating
The original word
salach (סְלַח) — to forgive completely, lift away the burden of guilt
Why it matters
This is Pharaoh's third public admission of sin to Moses in the plague cycle
Read with care
What most readers miss in Exodus 10:17
Pharaoh uses 'again' - he's asking forgiveness for the SAME pattern he keeps repeating
Common misconceptionPeople think Pharaoh was genuinely repentant here, but he's strategically begging to stop the plague while planning to harden his heart again immediately after.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Exodus 10:17 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Exodus 10:17 comes from the book of Exodus, written during the exodus period. These words are attributed to Pharaoh. The dominant emotion in this verse is seeking, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the prayer genre of biblical literature. Key themes include forgiveness, intercession. Notable phrases: please forgive my sin; take away from me this death. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same seeking
“Pray without ceasing.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:17
“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
— Amos 5:24
“Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that …”
— Genesis 18:25
“Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.”
— Jeremiah 33:3
“Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evi…”
— Luke 11:4
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