Drink it in!: Lasting Impressions: From עם to בני ישראל.

The last verse says how Pharaoh hardened his heart … and did not send out Bnai Yisroel.  All other times in the Torah portion of Va’era it refers to us as the עם; the nation?

What changed?

With this 7th plague there was a shift.  The Egyptians began to treat us with respect.  We were no longer subjected to slavery.  The final redemption and freedom had not arrived but it was a start.  So to soon we will see a shift in our current journey to our future redemption and the world will recognize us and give us the respect we deserve as the children of Israel.