Passage
and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
Exodus 33:12 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `See, Thou art saying unto me, Bring up this people, and Thou hast not caused me to know whom Thou dost send with me; and Thou hast said, I have known thee by name, and also thou hast found grace in Mine eyes.
Exodus 33:13 `And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation <FI>is<Fi> Thy people;'
Exodus 33:14 and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'
Exodus 33:15 And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going--take us not up from this <FI>place<Fi> ;
Exodus 33:16 and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes--I and Thy people--is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished--I and Thy people--from all the people who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.'
The verse centers on "saith", "presence", "doth", "given", "rest", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "presence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And now if I pray Thee I..." into verse 15's "And he saith unto Him If Thy...", so "saith" and "presence" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saith" and "presence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.