Exodus Chapter 7

Exodus Chapter 7
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I
have made thee Pharaoh’s God, and
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I commanded
thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak
unto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children
of Israel to go out of his land. 3 But I
will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and
multiply my miracles and my wonders in
the land of Egypt.
4 And Pharaoh shall not hearken unto
you, that I may lay mine hand upon
Egypt, and bring out mine armies, even
my people, the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt, by great judgments.
5 Then the Egyptians shall know that I
am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine
hand upon Egypt, and bring out the
children of Israel from among them. 6 So
Moses and Aaron did as the Lord
commanded them, even so did they. 7
(Now Moses was fourscore year old,
and Aaron fourscore and three, when
they spake unto Pharaoh)
8 And the Lord had spoken unto Moses
and Aaron, saying,
9 If Pharaoh speak unto you, saying,
Show a miracle for you, then thou shalt
say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it
before Pharaoh , and it shall be turned
into a serpent.
10 Then went Moses and Aaron unto
Pharaoh, and did even as the Lord had
commanded: and Aaron cast forth his
rod before Pharaoh and before his
servants, and it was turned into a
serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh called also for the
wise men and sorcerers: and those
charmers also of Egypt did in like
manner with their enchantments, 12 For
they cast down every man his rod, and
they were turned into serpents: but
Aaron’s rod devoured their rods.
13 So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not to them, as the
Lord had said.
14 The Lord then said unto Moses,
Pharaoh’s heart is obstinate, he refuseth
to let the people go.
15 Go unto Pharaoh in the morning, (lo,
he will come unto the water) and thou
shalt stand and meet him by the river’s
brink, and the rod, which was turned into
a serpent, shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say unto him, The
Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me
unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that
they may serve me in the wilderness:
and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not
hear.
17 Thus saith the Lord, In this shalt thou
know that I am the Lord: behold, I will
smite with the rod that is in mine hand
upon the water that is in the river, and it
shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river shall
die, and the river shall stink, and it shall
grieve the Egyptians to drink of the
water of the river.
19 The Lord then spake to Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the waters of Egypt,
over their streams, over their rivers, and
over their ponds, and over all pools of
their waters, and they shall be blood,
and there shall be blood throughout all
the land of Egypt, both in vessels of
wood, and of stone.
20 So Moses and Aaron did even as the
Lord commanded: and he lift up the rod,
and smote the water that was in the river
in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight
of his servants: and all the water that
was in the river, was turned into blood.
21 And the fish that was in the river
died, and the river stank: so that the
Egyptians could not drink of the water of
the river: and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And the enchanters of Egypt did
likewise with their sorceries: and the
heart of Pharaoh was hardened: so that
he did not hearken unto them, as the Lord
had said.
23 Then Pharaoh returned, and went
again into his house, neither did this yet
enter into his heart.
24 All the Egyptians then digged round
about the river for waters to drink: for
they could not drink of the water of the
river. 25 And this continued fully seven
days after the Lord had smitten the river.