(Devarim 3:26) "And the L–rd was wroth with me ("bi") because of you": R. Elazar b. Shamua says: "bi": This, (cognate with "I pray you,") is a conventional form of request in human intercourse. Lest you say that it lies in me (that I cannot enter the land); it is, therefore, written "because of you," and not because of me, that I cannot enter the land.