English: “And he will go up from the land” — it should have said “and we will go up.” R’ Abba bar Kahana said: Like a person who curses himself and hangs the curse on his fellow.
On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.
Type of Learning
Custom — diyuk from the unexpected subject of the verb.
What Is Learned
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.