And Israel saw that great work which the Lord
did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord,
and his servant Moses (וּבְמֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ/καὶ Μωυσῇ τῷ θεράποντι αὐτου).
(Exodus 14:31)
And they believed in the
Lord, literally “and they
believed him,” may be expressed as “they had faith in the Lord” (14:31 tev) or
they “put their trust in him” (14:31 niv). The word “Amen” comes from this
word. And in his servant Moses means
that they trusted Moses as well. The
word for servant is the same word
used for “slave,” but here it becomes a title of respect, recognizing Moses as the one appointed by God to be
their leader. (Noel D. Osborn and Howard A. Hatton, A Handbook on Exodus [UBS Handbook
Series; New York: United Bible Societies, 1999], 351)
