"Pharaoh: the great dragon"

1. Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, th
e great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, My Nile is my ow
n; I made it for myself. (Ezekiel 29:3)
2. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I HAVE RAISED YOU UP,
THAT I MIGHT SHOW MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED IN ALL
THE EARTH. (Romans 9:17, ESV)
3. Yahweh said to Job, "No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then
can stand against Me?" (Job 41:10, HCSB)
4. The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bears, and his mouth
was like a lions mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great auth
ority. (Revelation 13:2, HCSB)
5. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh sh
all fall. Then they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the ha
nd of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. (Ez
ekiel 30:25)
6. And Jethro said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you from the hand of Egy
pt and from the hand of Pharaohwho has delivered the people from under the hand o
f Egypt. NOW I KNOW THAT YAHWEH IS GREATER THAN ALL THE GODS, even in the matter
where they the Egyptians dealt arrogantly against the Israelites. (Exodus 18:10-
11, LEB)
7. And God spoke all these words, saying, I am Yahweh your God, who brought you o
ut of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery." (Exodus 20:1-2)

"see that evil/Ra is before you"

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1. Pharaoh is telling Moses and Aaron that the day he lets them leave with their
women and children, be warned that Ra shall be before you. Or as Cassuto put it
: "The sens is: know that the power of my god will oppose you".
2. "Pharaoh said, I see that the unlucky star of Ra will meet you, and this ind
icates blood "
Gary A. Rendsburg: Bilingual Wordplay in the Bible
3. And he said to them, Let Yahweh be thus with you as soon as I release you and
your dependents. See that evil is before your faces. (Exodus 10:10, LEB)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1518068

SEE THAT EVIL IS BEFORE YOUR FACES

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And he said to them, Let Yahweh be thus with you as soon as I release you and you
r dependents. SEE THAT EVIL IS BEFORE YOUR FACES. (Exodus 10:10, LEB)

Ra: the ancient Egyptian sun god

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In one of his many forms, Ra, god of the sun, has the head of a falcon and the s
un-disk inside a cobra resting on his head.

YHWHs War Against the Egyptian Sun-God Ra

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By sheer coincidence, the Hebrew word raa evil is the name of the Egyptian sun-god R
the head of the pantheon. In this bilingual pun, made possible by this linguisti
c coincidence, not only does Pharaoh deny the request of the Israelites to worsh
ip their God, but he also states, as it were, that Ra is before you.
Gary Rendsburg: "YHWHs War Against the Egyptian Sun-God Ra: Reading the Plagues o
f Locust, Darkness, and Firstborn in their Ancient Egyptian Context"
http://thetorah.com/yhwhs-war-against-the-egyptian-sun-god-ra/
The Eye of the Land and the Eye of Ra
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He [sc. Pharaoh] said to him, I see through my astrology a star rising to meet yo
u, and its name is Raa, and it is a sign of blood and killing.
Gary Rendsburg: "YHWHs War Against the Egyptian Sun-God Ra: Reading the Plagues o
f Locust, Darkness, and Firstborn in their Ancient Egyptian Context"
http://thetorah.com/yhwhs-war-against-the-egyptian-sun-god-ra/

a daughter of the high priest Ra

Shamhat, the harimtu who seduced Enkidu