Jehovah did not force Pharaoh into a course of disobedience but allowed that proud ruler to choose. In any case, Jehovah’s will was accomplished, as the apostle Paul explained regarding Jehovah’s view of Pharaoh: “For this very cause I have let you remain, that in connection with you I may show my power, and that my name may be declared in all the earth. ” ​ — Romans 9: 17.
ათი სასჯელიდან თითოეულის შემდეგ ფარაონი ‘ გულს იქვავებდა ’ ნაცვლად იმისა, რომ ღვთისადმი შიში გამოევლინა.