
[1] Interestingly sefer Breisheet ends with the words “and they placed [Yosef] in a coffin in Egypt" a coffin being where we are put when movement is no longer possible. The rest of the Torah focuses on one move only, that from Egypt to Israel, a move that unfortunately had many detours.
[2] Yitro’s rationality comes to the fore when he advises Moshe to set up a hierarchal court system greatly reducing the burden on Moshe’s shoulders. Visionaries all too often like to do things by themselves (often not trusting others) a most irrational approach.