English: “You have seen all that Hashem did before your eyes in the land of Egypt” — this teaches that the miracles were performed before the eyes of Israel, and nothing was hidden from them. “to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land” — everyone saw.
The emphasis on “before your eyes” underscores the public, witnessed character of the Exodus events that form the basis of the covenant.
Type of Learning
Custom (phrase-by-phrase or midrashic expansion of the verse).
What Is Learned
The midrash extracts concrete legal, historical or theological referents from the wording of the passuk, giving the brief biblical language a fuller operational meaning.