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ברכות נו,ב
It says אנכי ארד עמך ואנכי אעלך גם עלה I will go down with you and bring you up with me, ask the Dubner Magid, why is Hashem first when going down but second when coming up? He compares this to a father taking his son into a pool. When going in, he goes first but when going out he protects him by having him go out first. Similarly, Hashem went down to Mitzraim first to protect us but had us come out first before He left.
It says הבאים מצרימה איש וביתו באו they come to Mitzraim, man and his house came. There is a contradiction in the pasuk. It starts in the present, coming and finishes in the past, came? The Klei Yokor says that they should not assimilate but see themselves coming now. Maybe, according what we said, the Rabbenu Bechaye says that איש refers to Hashem and His Court came, meaning when the Jews came, Hashem was there already.