(Exodus 1:15) In the hundred and thirtieth year after Israel went down to Egypt, Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was sitting upon the throne of his kingdom. He lifted up his eyes and saw an old man standing opposite him, and in his hand was a balance like the balances of merchants. The old man took the balance and hung it before Pharaoh. He took all the elders of Egypt, its officers and its great ones, and bound them and placed them together in one pan of the balance. After that he took one suckling lamb and placed it in the second pan of the balance, and the lamb outweighed them all. Pharaoh was astonished at that terrible vision: why should the lamb outweigh them all? Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. He rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them the dream, and the men feared a great fear. One eunuch of the king's eunuchs answered: This is nothing other than a great evil that will sprout for Egypt in the latter days, for a child will be born in Israel who will destroy all the land of Egypt. If it pleases the king, let a royal decree go forth from before him and be written in the laws of Egypt, that every male born among the Hebrews shall be killed, so that this evil may cease from the land of Egypt. And the king did so.
Pharaoh Dreams of a Lamb That Outweighs All Egypt
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 164:2
(שמות א טו) בִּשְׁנַת מֵאָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים לָרֶדֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִצְרָיִם וּפַרְעֹה חוֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה הוּא יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתוֹ, וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא זָקֵן אֶחָד עוֹמֵד כְּנֶגְדּוֹ וּבְיָדוֹ מֹאזְנַיִם מִמֹּאזְנֵי הַסּוֹחֲרִים, וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ הַזָּקֵן אֶת הַמֹּאזְנַיִם וַיִּתְלֵם לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקַּח כָּל זִקְנֵי מִצְרַיִם שָׁרֶיהָ וּגְדוֹלֶיהָ וַיֶּאֱסְרֵם וַיִּתְּנֵם יַחַד בְּכַף מֹאזְנַיִם הָאֶחָת, וַאֲחַר כֵּן לָקַח טְלֵה חָלָב אֶחָד וַיִתְּנֵהוּ בְכַף מֹאזְנַיִם הַשֵּׁנִית וַיַכְרִיעַ הַטְלֶה אֶת כֻּלָּן. וַיִתְמַהּ פַּרְעֹה עַל הֶחָזוֹן הַנּוֹרָא הַהוּא, מַדּוּעַ יַכְרִיעַ הַטָּלֶה אֶת כֻּלָּם, וַיִּיקַּץ פַּרְעֹה וְהִנֵּה חֲלוֹם, וַיַּשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּקְרָא לְכָל עֲבָדָיו וַיְסַפֵּר לָהֶם אֶת הַחֲלוֹם וַיִּירְאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים יִרְאָה גְּדוֹלָה. וַיַּעַן סָרִיס אֶחָד מִסָּרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין זֶה כִי אִם רָעָה גְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר תִּצְמַח לְמִצְרַיִם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, כִּי יֶלֶד יִוָּלֵד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְיַחֲרִיב כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם. אִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב יֵצֵא דְּבַר מַלְכוּת מִלְּפָנָיו וְיִכָּתֵב בְּדָתֵי מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר כָּל זָכָר הַיִּלוֹד בָּעִבְרִים יֵהָרֵג, לְמַעַן תֶחְדַּל הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן.