Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 4
The Enemy Said, “I Will Pursue”
313) “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake.’” “The enemy said” is the great appointee over Egypt. When he was given dominion over Israel he contemplated obliterating them under his government. But the Creator remembered the greatest in the generation, who are the patriarchs, who were protecting them. It cannot be said that only he wished to obliterate them. Rather, all those ministers appointed over all the idol worshipping nations wish to obliterate Israel under them when they are given authority and governance over Israel.
314) Hence, all those peoples that are governed by those appointees inflict laws to destroy Israel, but the Creator remembers the greatest in the generation, the patriarchs, and protects them. When Moses saw that, he began to praise the Creator and said, “Who is like You among the gods, O Lord?”
