1 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;

The Lord said to Moses, Behold, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

2 t hou -- thou dost speak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother doth speak unto Pharaoh, and he hath sent the sons of Israel out of his land.

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

3 ` And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,

And I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn and hard, and multiply My signs, My wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt.

4 a nd Pharaoh doth not hearken, and I have put My hand on Egypt, and have brought out My hosts, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments;

But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt and bring forth My hosts, My people the Israelites, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

5 a nd the Egyptians have known that I Jehovah, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.'

The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.

6 A nd Moses doth -- Aaron also -- as Jehovah commanded them; so have they done;

And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them.

7 a nd Moses a son of eighty years, and Aaron a son of eighty and three years, in their speaking unto Pharaoh.

Now Moses was 80 years old and Aaron 83 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8 A nd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

9 ` When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh -- it becometh a monster.'

When Pharaoh says to you, Prove by a miracle, then tell Aaron, Throw your rod down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.

10 A nd Moses goeth in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they do so as Jehovah hath commanded; and Aaron casteth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it becometh a monster.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

11 A nd Pharaoh also calleth for wise men, and for sorcerers; and the scribes of Egypt, they also, with their flashings, do so,

Then Pharaoh called for the wise men and the sorcerers (wizards and jugglers). And they also, these magicians of Egypt, did similar things with their enchantments and secret arts.

12 a nd they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;

For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

13 a nd the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and stubborn and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

14 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;

Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hard and stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

15 g o unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he is going out to the water, and thou hast stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent thou dost take in thy hand,

Go to Pharaoh in the morning; he will be going out to the water; wait for him by the river’s brink; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

16 a nd thou hast said unto him: Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Send My people away, and they serve Me in the wilderness; and lo, thou hast not hearkened hitherto.

And say to him, The Lord, 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, heretofore you have not listened.

17 ` Thus said Jehovah: By this thou knowest that I Jehovah; lo, I am smiting with the rod which in my hand, on the waters which in the River, and they have been turned to blood,

Thus says the Lord, In this you shall know, recognize, and understand that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod in my hand the waters in the River, and they shall be turned to blood.

18 a nd the fish that in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.'

The fish in the river shall die, the river shall become foul smelling, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink from it.

19 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood -- and there hath been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in wood, and in stone.'

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, rivers, pools, and ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.

20 A nd Moses and Aaron do so, as Jehovah hath commanded, and he lifteth up with the rod, and smiteth the waters which in the River, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters which in the River are turned to blood,

Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; lifted up the rod and smote the waters in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the waters in the river were turned to blood.

21 a nd the fish which in the River hath died, and the River stinketh, and the Egyptians have not been able to drink water from the River; and the blood is in all the land of Egypt.

And the fish in the river died; and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

22 A nd the scribes of Egypt do so with their flashings, and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken,

But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their enchantments and secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was made hard and obstinate, and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

23 a nd Pharaoh turneth and goeth in unto his house, and hath not set his heart even to this;

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house; neither did he take even this to heart.

24 a nd all the Egyptians seek water round about the river to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River.

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the.

25 A nd seven days are completed after Jehovah's smiting the River,

Seven days passed after the Lord had smitten the river.