Exodus 9:22-32

22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sky that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything that grows in the field in the land of Egypt.”

23When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

24Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

25The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.

26Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.

27So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time! The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.

28Pray to the Lord, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer.”

29Moses said to him, “When I leave the city I will spread my hands to the Lord, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

30But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”

31(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

32But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are later crops.)