"and they overtook them camping by the sea … (Ibid. 10) And Pharaoh pressed ahead": He "pressed" the disaster to come upon him. When Pharaoh saw that (the idol) Ba'al Tzefon had remained, he said: Ba'al Tzefon has concurred with my decree. I thought to destroy them by water, and Ba'al Tzefon has concurred — whereupon he began slaughtering, offering incense, and bowing down to his idol. Thus, "and Pharaoh drew near" — to slaughter and to offer incense.