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Midrash for Exodus 4:21

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֒ בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֙ לָשׁ֣וּב מִצְרַ֔יְמָה רְאֵ֗ה כָּל־הַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי בְיָדֶ֔ךָ וַעֲשִׂיתָ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה וַאֲנִי֙ אֲחַזֵּ֣ק אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א יְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.

Midrash Tanchuma Buber

(Exod. 4:21:) THEN THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES: WHEN YOU GO TO RETURN TO EGYPT. The Holy One showed him the miracles that he was going to do for him. Now he had said to him (Exod. 3:16:): GO AND GATHER THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL,… and afterwards you are going to Pharaoh. Moses said: If they should say TO ME (in Exod. 3:13), WHAT IS HIS NAME, WHAT DO I SAY TO THEM? He said to him: Say to them (in vs. 14): I AM THAT I AM.
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