Parashas Shemos · Passuk 1:10
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 11a (verified).
Sefaria — Exodus 1:10
Sefaria — Sotah 11a
E-Daf — Sotah 11a
English: Pharaoh should have said “and we will go up”; Rabbi Abba bar Kahana explains that his wording resembles a person who curses himself but places the curse upon another.
In context: See the cited source for the full section.
Custom — diyuk from the unexpected subject of the verb.
Chazal teach that the Egyptians’ own words already contained the outcome that would later befall them: they would be the ones compelled to leave their land empty-handed.