Exodus chapter 11

After reading chapter 11:

* Yahweh tells Moses there will be one more plague and it will make Pharoah drive the Israelites out of Egypt. When they go, they are to ask their neighbors, who are presumably Egyptians, for their silver and gold. Apparently most of the Egyptians liked Moses and the Israelites, except for Pharoah. What??? This makes no sense, considering that Moses is responsible for calling on God to bring plagues upon the land. The Egyptian people supposedly no longer have any livestock or produce. They have endured boils, insect bites, putrid water, and three days of darkness. Yet, they are so "favorably disposed" to the Israelites they would be willing to give them riches? Does this sound like reality to you?

*Apparently, before Moses left Pharoah in chapter 10, he told Pharoah that Yahweh said he would kill every first born son in Egypt, including Pharoah's son. He would kill all the first born cattle too. (What cattle?! See chapter 9.) Nothing would happen to the Israelites because God can tell the difference between an Israelite and an Egyptian. (DNA?) Moses predicted that Pharoah's officials would come to him and beg the Israelites to leave. But God hardened Pharoah's heart and he would not let the Israelites leave.