Why the Waters Were Never Called Good

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 5:10

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Another interpretation: The Holy One, blessed be He, foresaw that Moses would be called "good" and was destined to be taken from the world by means of water. Therefore He did not write concerning the waters "that it was good."

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