וָאַ֙עַשׂ֙ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֥י הֵחֵ֛ל לְעֵינֵ֥י הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נוֹדַ֤עְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
그러나 내가 그들의 거하는 이방인의 목전에서 그들에게 나타나서 그들을 애굽 땅에서 인도하여 내었었나니 이는 내 이름을 위함이라 내 이름을 그 이방인의 목전에서 더럽히지 않으려 하여 행하였음이로라
Sha'arei Orah
After having transmitted this important principle to you, we now must inform you that when the Holy One, blessed is He, told Avraham that He would redeem the children of Israel from Egypt, they were unworthy of redemption. This secret was revealed by Yechezkel, as follows,275Ezekiel 20:5-14 “On the day that I chose Israel, I raised My hand [in oath] for the seed of the house of Yaakov, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt… and I said to them, ‘Every man, cast away the detestable [idols] of his eyes… But the House of Israel rebelled against me… They did not follow My decrees and they spurned My laws… So I thought to pour out My wrath upon them… But I acted for the sake of My Name…”