So Moses went out of the city continues the story from verse 30 and is not connected to verse 32. Out of the city is mentioned at verse 29. From Pharaoh means he “left the king” (Good News Translation). The sequence in Revised Standard Version is awkward, so New Revised Standard Version has improved it: “So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and….” Stretched out his hands to the LORD is literally “opened his [two] palms unto Yahweh.” (See the discussion at verse 29.)

And the thunder and the hail ceased: see verse 29. Rain is mentioned here for the first time, but it is assumed that rain and hail fell together. (The verb “to rain” is used of the hail in verse 23.) No longer is implied; the text literally says “and rain was not poured earthward.” Good News Translation condenses the two clauses and makes “earthward” implicit: “The thunder, the hail, and the rain all stopped.”

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .