וַיִּמְרָד־בּ֗וֹ לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ מַלְאָכָיו֙ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָֽתֶת־ל֥וֹ סוּסִ֖ים וְעַם־רָ֑ב הֲיִצְלָ֤ח הֲיִמָּלֵט֙ הָעֹשֵׂ֣ה אֵ֔לֶּה וְהֵפֵ֥ר בְּרִ֖ית וְנִמְלָֽט׃
Ngunit naghimagsik siya laban sa kanya sa pamamagitan ng pagpapadala ng kanyang mga sugo sa Egipto, upang bigyan siya ng mga kabayo at maraming tao. Uunlad ba siya? Makatatakas ba ang gumagawa ng mga bagay na ito? Sisirain ba niya ang tipan at makatatakas pa rin?
Sefer Yesodei HaTorah
Others among the early peoples despised and hated all nations besides them for not having attained to their level in wisdom and art, and they called them "barbarians" and regarded them as beasts. But the children of Israel and their fathers never hated or despised other peoples. Abraham was covenanted with Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre, the Amorites, and he and his son Isaac entered a covenant with Avimelech, king of the Philistines. Jacob cursed the ferocity of the wrath of his two sons for killing the men of Shechem who had violated their sister. Judah entered into partnership with Chira the Adulamite. Joseph said (Bereshith 39:9) "How can I do this great evil (adultery) and sin against G-d," even though his master was an Egyptian. And Joshua and the chiefs (of the tribes) kept their oath to the Giveonites even though they were Canaanites and even though their oath was taken in error. And Ezekiel says that Tzidkiyahu will fall by the hand of the king of Bavel (Nevuchadnezzar) for having rebelled against him after having made a covenant with him and having sworn allegiance to him. And even though Nevuchadnezzar was an idolator and a tyrant, the prophet does not justify Tzidkiyahu's rebellion, but cries out (without naming names) that one who breaks his covenant will not succeed or escape, viz. (Ezekiel 17:15) "Shall the doer of these succeed or escape? Shall the breaker of a covenant escape!"