English: The Holy One rebukes Moses for questioning His ways. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not question God’s promises, whereas Moses had asked why Israel had been harmed. Moses would therefore see what God would do to Pharaoh, but would not see the later conquest of the thirty-one kings in the Land.
In context: See the cited source for the full section.
Type of Learning
Midrashic rebuke and comparison with the patriarchs
What Is Learned
Chazal read “now you will see” as both a promise of immediate redemption from Pharaoh and a limitation placed on what Moses would live to see.