Exodus 7:1-13

1The LORDH3068H413 answeredH559 MosesH4872, “SeeH7200, I have madeH5414 you like GodH430 to PharaohH6547, and your brotherH251 AaronH175 will beH1961 your prophetH5030. 2YouH859 are to speakH1696 allH3605 thatH834 I command youH6680, and your brotherH251 AaronH175 is to tellH1696 PharaohH6547 to let the IsraelitesH1121H3478 goH7971 out of his landH776.

3But IH589 will hardenH7185 Pharaoh’sH6547 heartH3820, and though I will multiplyH7235 My signsH226 and wondersH4159 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, 4PharaohH6547 will notH3808 listenH8085 to youH413.

Then I will layH5414 My handH3027 on EgyptH4714, and by mightyH1419 acts of judgmentH8201 I will bringH3318 the divisionsH6635 of My peopleH5971 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 5And the EgyptiansH4713 will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068, when I stretch outH5186 My handH3027 againstH5921 EgyptH4714 and bringH3318 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 out from among themH8432.”

6So MosesH4872 and AaronH175 didH6213 just asH834 the LORDH3068 had commanded themH6680. 7MosesH4872 was eightyH8084 years oldH1121H8141 and AaronH175H1121 was eighty-threeH7969H8084H8141 when they spokeH1696 toH413 PharaohH6547.

8The LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872H413 and AaronH175H559, 9“WhenH3588 PharaohH6547 tells youH1696H413, ‘PerformH5414 a miracleH4159,’ you are to sayH559H413 to AaronH175, ‘TakeH3947 your staffH4294 and throw it downH7993 beforeH6440 PharaohH6547,’ and it will becomeH1961 a serpentH8577.1”

10So MosesH4872 and AaronH175 wentH935 toH413 PharaohH6547 and didH6213H3651 just asH834 the LORDH3068 had commandedH6680. AaronH175 threwH7993 his staff downH4294 beforeH6440 PharaohH6547H6440 and his officialsH5650, and it becameH1961 a serpentH8577.

11But PharaohH6547 calledH7121 the wise menH2450 and sorcerersH3784 and magiciansH2748 of EgyptH4714, and theyH1992 alsoH1571 didH6213 the same thingsH3651 by their magic artsH3814. 12EachH376 one threw downH7993 his staffH4294, and it becameH1961 a serpentH8577. But Aaron’sH175 staffH4294 swallowed upH1104 the other staffsH4294.

13Still, Pharaoh’sH6547 heartH3820 was hardenedH2388,2 and he would notH3808 listenH8085 to themH413, just asH834 the LORDH3068 had saidH1696.