Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt. The resumptive formula signals the return to narrative after the genealogical parenthesis. The setting is now Egypt — Moses is back, the commission is live, and God is speaking again. The transitional verse recalls the moment before the genealogy interrupted: Moses had objected that he was unable to speak well enough to persuade Pharaoh. The genealogy answered that objection implicitly — here is who you are, here is the family you come from, here is the legitimacy of your commission. Now God speaks again. The rhythmic returns to divine speech throughout Exodus — God speaks, Moses objects, God speaks again — model the structure of persistent calling. God is not discouraged by objection; He returns to His message with undiminished clarity.

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