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וּבְכָ֥ה וּבְעַמְּךָ֖ וּבְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ יַעֲל֖וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃
And upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants the frogs shall come up.
Shemos Rabbah 10:3 — EXTRA.
ובכה ובעמך — פרעה התחיל בעבירה תחילה, שנאמר ויאמר אל עמו\ldots וממנו התחילה הפורענות: ובכה, ואחר כך ובעמך, ואחר כך ובכל עבדיך.
English: “Upon you and upon your people” — Pharaoh began the transgression first, as it is said “And he said to his people\ldots”; therefore the punishment began with him first: “upon you,” then “upon your people,” then “upon all your servants.”
Custom
Chazal teach that the plague struck Pharaoh first because he had initiated the oppression, and that the frogs penetrated even into the body.