Another small #chiasm in #exodus 18:11 shows how God is actually above all false gods, while the false gods only hold power over anything by arrogant presumption. Following the Hebrew word order, the chiasm reads like this:

- A - Great is YHWH
--- B - To all gods
--- B - In this thing
- A - They were proud above them

There is also a pun connecting gods (elohim) to "above them" (alihim), reinforcing my belief that the arrogant ones in this verse are the false gods of Egypt, not the Egyptians themselves. Those gods thought they had pulled one over on YHWH by enslaving his chosen people, but he was only using them for his purposes all along.

Everyone thought Egypt's gods were the greatest in the world, but YHVH dealt with them in the very seat of their power. How do you suppose your idols measure up?
#biblepatterns #yitro