Out Of Order - Va'eira 5772

The question of the week is: In Bentching by the second Bracha we know that there are certain portions of the second Bracha that are M’akeiv (which must be part of Bentching). They include a reference to Eretz Yisrael, Bris Milah, and to Torah. The order though seems to be incorrect. (נוֹדֶה לְּךָ ר אֱלרינוּ. עַל שֶׁהִנְחַלְתָּ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָה טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה. וְעַל שֶׁהוֹצֵאתָנוּ ר אֱלרינוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם. וּפְדִיתָנוּ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים. וְעַל בְּרִיתְךָ שֶׁחָתַמְתָּ בִּבְשָׂרֵנוּ. וְעַל תּוֹרָתְךָ שֶׁלִּמַּדְתָּנוּ. וְעַל חֻקֶּיךָ שֶׁהוֹדַעְתָּנוּ. וְעַל חַיִּים חֵן וָחֶסֶד שֶׁחוֹנַנְתָּנוּ. וְעַל אֲכִילַת מָזוֹן שָׁאַתָּה זָן וּמְפַרְנֵס אוֹתָנוּ תָּמִיד. בְּכָל יוֹם וּבְכָל עֵת וּבְכָל שָׁעָה). We thank Hashem for giving us Eretz Yisrael as a Nachala and then that Hashem took us out of Egypt.
We all know that Hashem is taking us out of Egypt in Parshas Va’eira, Bo, and Beshalach but we don’t go into Eretz Yisrael until Sefer Yehoshua. The order seems to be incorrect. (עַל שֶׁהִנְחַלְתָּ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָה טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה). Then we say (וְעַל שֶׁהוֹצֵאתָנוּ ר אֱלרינוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם) which happened earlier?
We then refer to the Bris Milah which is on a Jew’s body (וְעַל בְּרִיתְךָ שֶׁחָתַמְתָּ בִּבְשָׂרֵנוּ). That also seems to be out of order because that was commanded to Avraham Avinu. So it seems to be in reverse order. Here you may argue that Bris refers to after Matan Torah when all of Klal Yisrael are obligated. That may be, however, there is still a problem. (. וְעַל בְּרִיתְךָ שֶׁחָתַמְתָּ בִּבְשָׂרֵנוּ. וְעַל תּוֹרָתְךָ שֶׁלִּמַּדְתָּנוּ) Why is the Bris mentioned after the giving of the Torah? The giving of the Torah was given before that aspect of Bris which Klal Yisrael was obligated. So the order here in the (נוֹדֶה לְּךָ) Node Lecha certainly needs some sort of explanation.

I would like to offer an answer by way of telling you a Vort from Rav Moshe who was saying this regarding something else, however, it answers this as well. Rav Moshe asks in Parshas Shemos why it was that Moshe Rabbeinu gave names to his children out of sequence. His first child is called as we see in 2:22 (גֵּרְשֹׁם: כִּי אָמַר--גֵּר הָיִיתִי, בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה). I was a stranger in a foreign land (Midyan) and his second child was Eliezer as we see in 18:4 (וְשֵׁם הָאֶחָד, אֱלִיעֶזֶר--כִּי-אֱלֹרי אָבִי בְּעֶזְרִי, וַיַּצִּלֵנִי מֵחֶרֶב פַּרְעֹה) because Moshe was saved from the sword of Paroh. The problem is that first he was saved from the sword of Paroh and only subsequently was he a stranger in a foreign land? So there the two names seem to be out of order?

Rav Moshe answers, there is a concept of Sof Maaseh B’machshava Techila, that the purpose of something is the end. What I mean to say is the following. Hashem saved Moshe from the sword of Paroh and after that there was going to be an offering of thanks. But wait, you can’t thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu for saving his life without saying what he did with his life. Hakadosh Baruch Hu saves someone life and the person goes and assimilates with the non-Jews, there is no thanks to be offered for saving the life. This is because nothing good came from it. So Moshe Rabbeinu said first I give thanks because (גֵּר הָיִיתִי, בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה) I was able to withstand the temptation to assimilate. I remained a stranger in a foreign land despite being there and not being in Mitzrayim for so many decades. Only then do I give thanks for (וַיַּצִּלֵנִי מֵחֶרֶב פַּרְעֹה) Hashem saving me from the sword of Paroh. So that the purpose of the Hatzalah is mentioned first.

The same thing here.  Hakadosh Baruch Hu took us out of Mitzrayim (. וְעַל שֶׁהוֹצֵאתָנוּ ר אֱלרינוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם. וּפְדִיתָנוּ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים). What was the purpose of this? To enter Eretz Yisrael. Had Klal Yisrael sinned in the Midbar to the extent that they would have been destroyed there, then there would be no purpose in giving thanks for taking us out of Mitzrayim. So first we give thanks to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for bringing us to Eretz Yisrael which was the purpose and then we thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu for taking us out of Eretz Mitzrayim and make that purpose possible.