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became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13
And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart,
that he hearkened not unto them; as the L
ORD
had said.
14
And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart
is
hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
15
Get 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 the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine
hand.
16
And thou shalt say unto him, The L
ORD
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 L
ORD
, In this thou shalt know that I
am
the L
ORD
: 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
to blood.
18
And the fish that
is
in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians
shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
19
And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch 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.
20
And Moses and Aaron did so, as
the L
ORD
commanded; and he lifted 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 waters that
were
in the river were
turned to blood.
21
And the fish that
was
in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians
could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
neither did he hearken unto them; as the L
ORD
had said.
23
And Pharaoh turned and went into his
house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river
for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25
And seven days were fulfilled,
after that the L
ORD
had smitten the river.
CHAPTER 8
And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
2
And if thou refuse to let
them
go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come
into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants,
and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
4
And the frogs shall
come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5
And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over
the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
6
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered
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