Exodus 7:17–25

¹⁷‘Thus said Jehovah: By this thou knowest that I am Jehovah; lo, I am smiting with the rod which is in my hand, on the waters which are in the River, and they have been turned to blood, ¹⁸and the fish that are in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.’ ¹⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood—and there hath been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in those of stone.’ ²⁰And Moses and Aaron do so, as Jehovah hath commanded, and he lifteth up his hand with the rod, and smiteth the waters which are in the River, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters which are in the River are turned to blood, ²¹and the fish which is in the River hath died, and the River stinketh, and the Egyptians have not been able to drink water from the River; and the blood is in all the land of Egypt. ²²And the scribes of Egypt do so with their flashings, and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken, ²³and Pharaoh turneth and goeth in unto his house, and hath not set his heart even to this; ²⁴and all the Egyptians seek water round about the river to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River. ²⁵And seven days are completed after Jehovah’s smiting the River,

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