Borrow

"The Israelites "borrowed" from the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35, R.V.," asked) in accordance with a divine command (3:22; 11:2). But the word (sha'al) so rendered here means simply and always to "request or "demand." The Hebrew had another word which is" "properly translated "borrow" in Deut. 28:12; Ps. 37:21. It was" well known that the parting was final. The Egyptians were so "anxious to get the Israelites away out of their land that "they" "let them have what they asked" (Ex. 12:36, R.V.), or literally" "made them to ask, urged them to take whatever they desired and" depart. (See [73]LOAN.)