Exodus Chapter 7 — The Staff Becomes a Serpent — First Plague: Blood | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה רְאֵה נְתַתִּיךָ אֱלֹהִים לְפַרְעֹה

KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet."

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אַתָּה תְדַבֵּר אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּךָּ

KJVThou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.

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וַאֲנִי אַקְשֶׁה אֶת לֵב פַּרְעֹה

KJVAnd I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

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וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵכֶם פַּרְעֹה

KJVBut Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

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וְיָדְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה

KJVAnd 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.

The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.

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וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֹתָם

KJVAnd Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them.

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וּמֹשֶׁה בֶן שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְאַהֲרֹן בֶּן שָׁלֹשׁ וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה

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

Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר

KJVAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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כִּי יְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיכֶם פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר

KJVWhen Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

When Pharaoh says to you, "Prove yourselves by working a miracle," then you shall say to Aaron, "Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent."

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וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶל פַּרְעֹה

KJVAnd Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

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וַיִּקְרָא גַּם פַּרְעֹה לַחֲכָמִים וְלַמְכַשְּׁפִים

KJVThen Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.

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וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אִישׁ מַטֵּהוּ וַיִּהְיוּ לְתַנִּינִם

KJVFor they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

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וַיֶּחֱזַק לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֲלֵהֶם

KJVAnd he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה כָּבֵד לֵב פַּרְעֹה

KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go."

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לֵךְ אֶל פַּרְעֹה בַּבֹּקֶר

KJVGet 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.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.

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וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים שְׁלָחַנִי אֵלֶיךָ

KJVAnd 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.

And you shall say to him, "The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.'"

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כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה בְּזֹאת תֵּדַע כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה

KJVThus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 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.

Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood."

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וְהַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר בַּיְאֹר תָּמוּת וּבָאַשׁ הַיְאֹר

KJVAnd 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.

And the fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.

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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶל אַהֲרֹן

KJVAnd the LORD 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 the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds.'"

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה

KJVAnd Moses and Aaron did so, as the 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.

Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.

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וְהַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר בַּיְאֹר מֵתָה וַיִּבְאַשׁ הַיְאֹר

KJVAnd 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.

And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם בְּלָטֵיהֶם

KJVAnd the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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וַיִּפֶן פַּרְעֹה וַיָּבֹא אֶל בֵּיתוֹ

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

Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

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וַיַּחְפְּרוּ כָל מִצְרַיִם סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר

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

And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.

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וַיִּמָּלֵא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אַחֲרֵי הַכּוֹת יְהוָה אֶת הַיְאֹר

KJVAnd seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.