# BELIEVERS: why does God act so circuitously in freeing the Hebrews from Egypt?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-why-does-god-act-so-circuitously-in-freeing-the-hebrews-from-egypt/483289 "2009-01-27T21:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-why-does-god-act-so-circuitously-in-freeing-the-hebrews-from-egypt/483289/101 "2009-02-03T11:06:16Z")

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… Why? Are they the Lord? Do they presume to know his mind?

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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-why-does-god-act-so-circuitously-in-freeing-the-hebrews-from-egypt/483289/102 "2009-02-03T14:13:56Z")

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> [@stucky](#):
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> For the definitive answer, e-mail [questions@gracethrufaith.com](mailto:questions@gracethrufaith.com). You can also find answers at their web-site [www.gracethrufaith.com](http://www.gracethrufaith.com).

I didn’t see an answer there. Here’s a site that does deal with the question of Pharaoh’s hardened heart.

[Pharaoh’s Heart](http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/Pharaohs_Heart.asp)

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