Shemos 4:11 · unit 1 — who makes a mouth

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו מִ֣י שָׂ֣ם פֶּה֮ לָֽאָדָם֒ א֚וֹ מִֽי־יָשׂ֣וּם אִלֵּ֔ם א֣וֹ חֵרֵ֔שׁ א֥וֹ פִקֵּ֖חַ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֑ר הֲלֹ֥א אָנֹכִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

And GOD said to him, “Who gives humans speech? Who makes them dumb or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, GOD?

Chabad.org — 4:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Yehoshua ben Levi — TT / Midrash (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

English: “Who makes a mouth\ldots” — R’ Yehoshua ben Levi said: When Moshe fled from before Pharaoh, all of Pharaoh’s populace became some of them mute, some of them deaf, and some of them blind.