שמות ב:יא-טו

{יא} וַיְהִ֣י | בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם וַיִּגְדַּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֶל-אֶחָ֔יו וַיַּ֖רְא בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מַכֶּ֥ה אִישׁ-עִבְרִ֖י מֵֽאֶחָֽיו: {יב} וַיִּ֤פֶן כֹּה֙ וָכֹ֔ה וַיַּ֖רְא כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת-הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַֽיִּטְמְנֵ֖הוּ בַּחֽוֹל: {יג} וַיֵּצֵא֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וְהִנֵּ֛ה שְׁנֵֽי-אֲנָשִׁ֥ים עִבְרִ֖ים נִצִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע לָ֥מָּה תַכֶּ֖ה רֵעֶֽךָ: {יד} וַ֠יֹּ֠אמֶר מִ֣י שָֽׂמְךָ֞ לְאִ֨ישׁ שַׂ֤ר וְשֹׁפֵט֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ הַֽלְהָרְגֵ֨נִי֙ אַתָּ֣ה אֹמֵ֔ר כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָרַ֖גְתָּ אֶת-הַמִּצְרִ֑י וַיִּירָ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר אָכֵ֖ן נוֹדַ֥ע הַדָּבָֽר: {טו} וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת-הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ לַֽהֲרֹ֣ג אֶת-מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּבְרַ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ-מִדְיָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב עַל-הַבְּאֵֽר:

Exodus 2:11-15

(11) Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. (12) He turned this way and that and, seeing no one about, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (13) When he went out the next day, he found two Hebrews fighting; so he said to the offender, “Why do you strike your fellow?” (14) He retorted, “Who made you chief and ruler over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was frightened, and thought: Then the matter is known! (15) When Pharaoh learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses; but Moses fled from Pharaoh. He arrived in the land of Midian, and sat down beside a well.

רש"י על שמות ב׳:י״א:א׳

ויגדל משה. והלא כבר כתב ויגדל הילד? אמר רבי יהודה ברבי אלעאי, הראשון לקומה והשני לגדלה, שמנהו פרעה על ביתו (ילקוט שמעוני):

Rashi on Exodus 2:11:1

(1) ויגדל משה AND MOSES WAS GROWN — But has it not already been written, (Exodus 2:10) “And the child grew”? Rabbi Judah the son of Eloai said: the first time it refers to growth in stature, the second time to greatness, — that Pharaoh appointed him to have charge over his palace (Tanchuma Yashan 2.2:17; cf. also Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 166:11).

רש"י על שמות ב׳:י״א:ב׳

וירא בסבלתם. נתן עיניו ולבו להיות מצר עליהם (שמות רבה א'):

Rashi on Exodus 2:11:2

(2) וירא בסבלתם AND HE SAW THEIR BURDENS — he set his eyes and mind to share in their distress. (Exodus Rabbah 1:27)

רש"י על שמות ב׳:י״ב:ב׳

וירא כי אין איש. עתיד לצאת ממנו שיתגיר (ת"י):

Rashi on Exodus 2:12:2

(2) וירא כי אין איש AND HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO MAN destined to issue from him, who would become an adherent of Israel’s religion (Exodus Rabbah 1:29; cf. Targum Jonathan on Exodus 2:12) .

רש"י על שמות ב׳:י״ג:ג׳-ד׳

למה תכה. אע"פ שלא הכהו נקרא רשע בהרמת יד (סנהדרין נ"ח):

רעך. רשע כמותך (תנחומא):

Rashi on Exodus 2:13:3-4

(3) למה תכה lit., WHEREFORE WILT THOU SMITE — Although he had not yet smitten him he is termed here רשע wicked, because he had merely raised his hand against him (Sanhedrin 58b). (4) רעך THY FELLOW (the word denotes one who is the equal of another) — who is as wicked as yourself (Exodus Rabbah 1:29).

רש"י על שמות ב׳:י״ד:ג׳-ד׳

ויירא משה. כפשוטו. ומדרשו: דאג לו על שראה בישראל רשעים דלטורין, אמר, מעתה שמא אינם ראויין להגאל (שמות רבה א'):

אכן נודע הדבר. כמשמעו. ומדרשו, נודע לי הדבר שהייתי תמה עליו, מה חטאו ישראל מכל שבעים אמות להיות נרדים בעבודת פרך, אבל רואה אני שהם ראויים לכך (שמות רבה א'):

Rashi on Exodus 2:14:3-4

(3) ויירא משה AND MOSES FEARED — Explain it in its literal sense: he was afraid of Pharaoh. A Midrashic explanation is: he felt distressed because he saw that there were wicked men among the Israelites — common informers. He said: Since this is so (מעתה), perhaps they are not worthy to be delivered from bondage (Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 10). (4) אכן נדע הדבר SURELY THE THING IS KNOWN — Explain it in its literal sense: the fact that I have killed the Egyptian is known. A Midrashic explanation is: now there is known to me that matter about which I have been puzzled — how has Israel sinned more than all the seventy nations, that they should be oppressed by this crushing servitude? But now I see that they deserve this (Exodus Rabbah 1:30).