“Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.”
'When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say:' - Moses's amazement (thaumazo, to wonder at) precedes the divine address. The movement toward the bush ('went over to get a closer look,' proseporeueto katanoēsai) represents human initiative met by divine speech. The structure is: wonder, investigation, revelation.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:18
And Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, till…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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