Exodus 7:8–21

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.