Exodus 10:17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”
Do you like asking for forgiveness for something you have done wrong? How do you ask?
I know I have asked people to forgive me in the past without meaning it, and Pharaoh certainly did not mean what he was saying here!
If we want to ask God to forgive us then we had better mean what we say – God sees inside our hearts so He knows whether we mean it!
When we ask with a true heart, God will answer with a true spirit and give us what we seek.