Pharaoh the most powerful king on earth is scared to the point that he is killing little children because he thinks slaves will rise up and take his kingdom. If you were reading this through the lens or the thought process of an ancient person this would be quite humorous. It would be humorous, not because babies are dying, that’s not funny; it would be humorous because no true God and King would be scared of a little baby or slaves. So here again The author of Exodus is trashing the Egyptian kingdom and the Egyptian pharaoh and the idea that pharaoh is a god. Clearly, one of the major points of the book of exodus is it is dumb to think that there is any ruler on earth who is more powerful than Yahweh. And it is silly to think that a kingdom is more powerful than a nation backed by Yahweh Elohim.