136) That whole night when Sarah was with Pharaoh, the upper angels came to sing before the Creator with songs and praises. The Creator told them, \u201cGo and afflict great plagues upon Egypt, as a note and a sign of what I will do later,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord plagued Pharaoh … with great plagues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
137) \u201cAnd Pharaoh called Abram and said, \u2018…Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?\u2019\u201d How did he know that Sarah was Abram\u2019s wife? After all, it does not say here as with Abimelech, \u201cNow therefore restore the man’s wife.\u201d Here the Creator told Pharaoh nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
138) It is written about Sarai, Abram\u2019s wife, since this is what the angels said about Sarai, Abram\u2019s wife. But the Creator did not speak with him as He spoke with Abimelech. He was only told these words, \u201cThis plague is because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, it was not the Creator who spoke to him. Rather, the striking angels said that. Then he knew that she was Abram\u2019s wife. Promptly, \u201cAnd Pharaoh called Abram.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
139) \u201cPharaoh commanded men concerning him,\u201d so no man would approach to harm them, \u201cAnd they sent him away,\u201d accompanying him throughout the land of Egypt. The Creator told Pharaoh, \u201cThis is what you are destined to do with his sons. You will accompany them from your land, as it is written, \u2018And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had sent the people away,\u2019\u201d meaning he accompanied them out of his whole country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
140) Abraham needed all that in order to increase the name of Abraham and Sarah in the world, so that even in Egypt, who were the sorcerers of the world and no one could save himself from them, there, too, Abraham’s name grew and was raised up high. It is written about it, \u201cAnd Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev,\u201d to his initial degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
141) The writing implies to the degrees of the Egyptians, who draw the Hochma from above downward. Abraham went down to the deep ones among them and knew them, but he did not adhere to them but returned to his Master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
142) He was not seduced by them like Adam, who was seduced by the serpent when he reached that degree and caused death to the whole world. He was also not seduced like Noah when he came down to that degree, as it is written, \u201cAnd he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.\u201d \u201cHis tent\u201d is written with the letter Hey, which is a foreign woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
143) But concerning Abraham, it is written, \u201cAnd Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev.\u201d In other words, he went up and did not descend. He returned to his place, the high degree to which he adhered in the beginning. This act was in order to instruct wisdom, to exist in complete existence as he should. He was not lured after the Egyptians but maintained his persistence and returned to his place, the Negev, which is the south wind, Hesed of ZA, the upper degree that he had held in the beginning. It is written about it, \u201cGoing on still toward the Negev.\u201d Now, too, it is toward the Negev, the place to which he adhered in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
144) Had Abram not gone down to Egypt and had not been purified there first, he would have had no share and lot in the Creator. It was likewise with his sons when the Creator wished to make them one nation, a whole nation, and to bring them closer to Him. Had they not gone down to Egypt first and had they not been purified there, they would not have been His one nation. Similarly, had the land of holiness not been given to Canaan first, and had they not ruled it, the land would not have been the share and lot of the Creator, and it is all one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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