Exodus 11:9

“And the Lord said unto Moses, etc.] Not at this time when he went out from Pharaoh, but some time before this, for the words may be rendered, “the Lord had said” f316, for so he had, as is related, (<020703>Exodus 7:3,4), but the historian makes mention of it here, to show that Moses was not ignorant of the event of things; he knew that Pharaoh’s heart would be hardened from time to time, and that one plague after another must be inflicted, before he would let the people go; and therefore when he prayed for the removal of any, it was not in expectation that he would abide by his promise, but to do the will of God, and the duty of his calling: Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; to Moses and…”

“Pharaoh: Exo 3:19, Exo 7:4, Exo 10:1; Rom 9:16-18 wonders: Exo 7:3 Exodus 11:10”

“In Exo 11:9 and Exo 11:10 the account of Moses' negotiations with Pharaoh, which commenced at Exo 7:8, is brought to a close. What God predicted to His messengers immediately before sending them to Pharaoh ( Exo 7:3), and to Moses before his call ( Exo 4:21), had now come to pass. And this was the pledge that the still further announcement of Jehovah in Exo 7:4 and Exo 4:23, which had already been made known to the hardened king ( Exo 11:4.), would be carried out. As these verses have a terminal character, the vav consecutive in ויּאמר denotes the order of thought and not of time, and the two verses are to be rendered thus: "As Jehovah had said to Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you,…”