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# Egypt hisses like a snake and crawls away
The inability of the Egyptians to do anything to stop their enemy is spoken of as if they were snakes that can only hiss and crawl away. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# They are going toward her like woodcutters with axes
The enemies coming with the weapons to destroy the Egyptians is spoken of as if they were woodcutters with axes preparing to cut down a tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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