ספר שמות

When we consider the words of the ‎‎Midrash both in Sh’mot Rabba and in ‎the Talmud in Sotah quoted above, we will ‎understand how it is that G’d commanded Moses to ‎‎“come” to the wicked Pharaoh, i.e. not ‎confrontationally, but as giving him a chance to turn ‎over a new leaf and to redeem himself. If he were to ‎ask how it was possible for a self-confessed sinner like ‎himself to redeem himself, he was to quote to him ‎G’d’s words: ‎כי אני הכבדתי את לב פרעה‎, “for I, Myself, have ‎made the first move in bringing Pharaoh’s heart closer ‎to Me.”‎