1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh;
and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I
command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land. 3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,
and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh
will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my
hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch
forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among
them.”
6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they
spoke to Pharaoh.
8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to
you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod,
and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’”
10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had
commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his
servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the
wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like
manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod,
and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh
had spoken.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let
the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the
water; and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and the rod which
was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. 16 You shall tell
him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my
people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:” and, behold, until now
you haven’t listened. 17 Thus says Yahweh, “In this you shall know that I
am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the
waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 The
fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and
the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.”’” 19 Yahweh
said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over
the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their
pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and
there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of
wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod,
and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in
the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were
turned to blood. 21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river
became foul, and the Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river; and the
blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 The magicians of Egypt did
in like manner with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and
he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken. 23 Pharaoh turned and went
into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. 24 All the
Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t
drink of the water of the river. 25 Seven days were fulfilled, after
Yahweh had struck the river.
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