Pharaoh then, is trapped by his own decisions. Once he has built his economy on the enslavement of the Israelites, he cannot capitulate

Because we are only human - like Jacob - we always have a choice to live up to our values or to fall short. We may never become complacent.

We humans have the choice. But we also bear the consequences of our choices. God leads us the way we want to go, but he might not agree with

After each and every act of creation, God looks at the new creation and proclaims: ויהי טוב – “It was good” (1:4,10,13,18,21,25). God makes