Why did G-d harden Pharaoh's heart. We do not no why, but three famous commentators give their opinion's. One of them the Chizkuni says G-d wanted to punish Pharaoh for what he did. So he gave him a strong heart, so he wouldn't die of fear during the ten plagues. Another famous commentator the Ramban says G-d didn't let Pharaoh do teshuva so that he could be punished with the ten plague's. The Seforno says G-d didn't want Pharaoh to do teshuva so that G-d could bring the ten plagues and Bnei Israel could see them and have faith in G-d.
What is your opinion?
Dear Josh,
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that you know all this. Why do you think that G-d hardened Pharaohs heart. I think it's because maybe then Pharaoh would let them go.
-Gabe
Dear Josh,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you said in your blog post what the three famous commentators said. I thing that G-d hardened Pharaoh's heart because if he didn't Phararoh would have been so scared that he would have let the people go.
Sincerely,
Binyamin