Exodus 7

7And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee ^aa god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be ^bthy prophet. ²Thou ^cshalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. ³And ^dI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and ^emultiply ^fmy signs and ^emy wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, ^gthat I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt ^gby great judgments. ⁵And the Egyptians ^hshall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. ⁶And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. ⁷And Moses was ⁱfourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

⁸And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ⁹When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, ^kShew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a ^lserpent. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ¹¹Then Pharaoh also called ^mthe wise men and ⁿthe sorcerers: now ^mthe magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. ¹²For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. ¹³And ^ohe hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

¹⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. ¹⁵Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and ^pthe rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. ¹⁶And thou shalt say unto him, ^qThe Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, ^rthat they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, ^shitherto thou wouldest not hear. ¹⁷Thus saith the Lord, In this ^sthou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned ^tto blood. ¹⁸And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall ^ulothe to drink of the water of the river. ¹⁹And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and ^xstretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their ^†pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. ²⁰And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he ^ylifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the ^zwaters that were in the river were turned to blood. ²¹And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians ^acould not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. ^22bAnd the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and ^cPharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; ^das the Lord had said. ²³And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. ²⁴And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. ²⁵And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.