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Ἀποστείλας δὲ Φαραω ἐκάλεσεν Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡμάρτηκα τὸ νῦν ὁ Κύριος δίκαιος ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ὁ λαός μου ἀσεβεῖς (Exodus 9:27 LXX)

Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, but I and my people are impious.”

Grammatical Insight

This single verse from Exodus 9:27 LXX captures one of the most dramatic moments in the plague narrative—the moment when Pharaoh appears to break. The Greek constructs this confession with syntactic conciseness and a burst of aorist finality. The verse begins with an aorist active participle ἀποστείλας (“having sent”), marking the action as complete and preceding the main verb ἐκάλεσεν (“he summoned”).… Learn Koine Greek