• undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    For sure and not just families. I’m sure nearly every English speaker has heard the story of Egypt and the 10 plagues.

    We have to remember, its a choice they made. I mean, they’re god. They can do anything right? God could’ve just teleported the Israelites away. He could’ve just made the Egyptians temporarily blind or fall asleep for a few months, keeping them alive while doing so. He could’ve given all the Israelites individual flaming chariots. He could’ve made flaming rail infrastructure and run a flaming railway service for the Israelites to leave on.

    “No, I told you already. Its child murder or nothing, Moses.”

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      4 months ago

      You forgot the best part (I’m not sure there is an agreed-upon translation, so I’ll cite oremus randomly). The sentiment is repeated throughought the 10 plagues, but it’s most concise in chapter 10:

      Pharaoh hurriedly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. Do forgive my sin […]’ […] The Lord changed the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.