'Permit' in the Bible

And I -- I have known that the king of Egypt doth not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand,

'And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.