“And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.”
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. This verse, quoted directly by Paul in Romans 9:17, is one of the most explicit statements of divine sovereignty in the Torah. Pharaoh's very existence as the ruler he is has a divine purpose: the display of God's power and the proclamation of His name throughout the earth. This is not cruel predestination but the divine use of human choices — Pharaoh chose his path, and God incorporated that choice into a plan that would benefit not just Israel but all the earth. The name proclaimed in all the earth through the Exodus reaches Rahab in Jericho (Joshua 2:10), the nations surrounding Israel, and through Scripture, every generation that has read Exodus. God's purpose in the plagues has always been wider than Egypt.
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