God Carves a Road Through the Sea to Drown Egypt

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayeshev 11:2

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Another interpretation: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8). A king of flesh and blood grew angry with human beings and banished them from his province. Is he able to make a road through the sea, to bring them down and to sink them within it? But the Holy One, blessed be He, is not so. Rather, He was angry with the Egyptians, and He made a road through the sea, and He brought them down and sank them within it. From where do we know this? As it is said, "Who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters" (Isaiah 43:16). And what is greater than all of them? He who brings forth chariot and horse, army and might. Thus, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts."

Themes

ExodusDivine Judgment

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