The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
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1Go 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 2the staff that turned into a 3serpent.
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And you shall say to him, 'The 4LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, 5that they may serve me in the wilderness. But so far, you have not obeyed."
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Thus says the LORD, "By this 6you 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 7it shall turn into blood.
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The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will 8grow weary of drinking water from the Nile."'"
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and 9stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
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Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he 10lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the 11water in the Nile turned into blood.
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And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians 12could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
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But 13the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So 14Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as 15the LORD had said.
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Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.
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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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Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Êxodo 7:14
Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: Obstinou-se o coração de Faraó; ele recusa deixar ir o povo.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
Exodus 7:14
So the Lord said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Êxodo 7:14
Disse o SENHOR a Moisés: “O coração do faraó está obstinado; ele não quer deixar o povo ir.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)