Exodus 7 — Chapter 7

¹And Yahuah (LORD) said unto Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

²You shall speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Yashar'el (Israel) out of his land.

³And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Yashar'el (Israel), out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁵And the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahuah (LORD), when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Yashar'el (Israel) from among them.

⁶And Moses and Aaron did as Yahuah (LORD) commanded them, so did they.

⁷And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

⁸And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

⁹When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then you shall say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

¹⁰And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as Yahuah (LORD) had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

¹¹Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the 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 he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as Yahuah (LORD) had said.

¹⁴And Yahuah (LORD) said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

¹⁵Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto the water; and you shall stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand.

¹⁶And you shall say unto him, Yahuah Elohim (The LORD God) of the Hebrews has sent me unto you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto you would not hear.

¹⁷Thus says Yahuah (LORD), In this you shall know that I am Yahuah (LORD): behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁹And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your 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 Yahuah (LORD) 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.

²¹And 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.

²²And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as Yahuah (LORD) had said.

²³And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

²⁴And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

²⁵And seven days were fulfilled, after that Yahuah (LORD) had smitten the river.