Ibn Ezra on Ki Sisa 32:12

English: [FOR EVIL DID HE BRING THEM FORTH.] The meaning of be-ra’a hotzi’am (for evil did He bring them forth) is, as our ancients hint, 51 The rabbis in the Midrash. See Krinsky. Also see Rashi on Ex. 10:10. that they went out of Egypt under a star called ra (evil). 52 See Yalkut Shimoni, Ki Tissa , 392. Now Egypt will say that God does not have the ability to overcome the power of this star and save those who cleave to him. Hence when He saw that He was unable to overcome the star, He killed them. 53 The Israelites. The idea that God overcomes nature and the astrological arrangements is an important theme in I.E.’s thought. See I.E. on Gen. 17:1. This will desecrate God’s name. Now 54 After burnin