Pharaoh Explained

ח' בשבט תשס"ח
Imbolgen 8

After the Hebrews had lived literally hundreds of years undisturbed in Mitzrayim, all of a sudden Pharaoh has a psychotic break and decrees all the male Hebrew babies to be thrown to the crocodiles? We must ask, what triggered Pharaoh's psychosis?

Well, midrash tells us that Pharaoh's astrologers had warned him of a particular unnamed Hebrew coming down the line (sometime forward in the future) who would seriously disturb the "kingdom" (his daughter's kingdom eventually). The news stories of those times reports (Torah records) Pharaoh's immediate response to the news that "someone" (Calev! LOL) was coming down the line - Pharaoh decreed burdens upon all (keep the Hebrews busy) and kill the male Hebrew babies (these decrees were initiated many years before Moshe was born and "received" by Batya).

You see, Pharaoh thought that by nixing out Calev at birth (whichever baby he might be), his daughter would never rebel. LOL. I can hear him say even now, "there will be no shotgun wedding!" (figuratively)

Ohmygawd, this is just too funny. Of course, back in those days, a Pharaoh could make sure there would be no shotgun wedding by killing every potential baby who "might be" the future partner-in-rebellion with his daughter. He thought.

Pharaoh was only acting as any powerful dad gone psycho would do in his shoes trying to proactively protect his daughter from "going astray" back in those ancient days. He was just wrong to think he could succeed. LOL. The rebellion was in her blood too.