Exodus 7

1 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “See, I have made you a god to the Great House (Pharaoh): and Light Bringer (Aaron) your brother shall be your prophet.

2 You will speak all that I command you: and Light Bringer (Aaron) your brother shall speak to the Great House (Pharaoh), so that he sends the children of God Prevails (Israel) out of his land.

3 The Great House's (Pharaoh) heart will be hardened, and I will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

4 But the Great House (Pharaoh) shall not listen to you, that I may lay My hand upon Double Straights (Egypt), and bring forth My host, My people, the children of God Prevails (Israel) , out of the land of Double Straights (Egypt) by great judgments.

5 The Double Straighters (Egyptians) shall know that I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), when I stretch forth My hand upon Double Straights (Egypt), and bring out the children of God Prevails (Israel) from among them.”

6 Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) did as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded them.

7 Drawn (Moses) was eighty years old, and Light Bringer (Aaron) eighty-three years old, when they spoke to the Great House (Pharaoh).

8 Then, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) and to Light Bringer (Aaron), saying,

9 “When the Great House (Pharaoh) shall speak to you, saying, 'Show a miracle for proof' then you will say to Light Bringer (Aaron), 'Take your rod, and cast it before the Great House (Pharaoh)', and it shall become a serpent.”

10 So, Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) went in to the Great House (Pharaoh), and they did as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had commanded: Light Bringer (Aaron) cast down his rod before the Great House (Pharaoh), and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

11 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Now the magicians of Double Straights (Egypt) also did in like manner with their enchantments.

12 They cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Light Bringer (Aaron)'s rod swallowed up their rods.

13 But the Great House (Pharaoh)'s heart was hardened. He did not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had said.

14 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “The Great House's (Pharaoh) heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

15 Go to the Great House (Pharaoh) in the morning when he goes out to the water. You will stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent will you take in your hand.

16 You will say to him, 'I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God of the One From Beyonds (Hebrews) has sent me to you, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. Look, before you would not hear.

17 Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), In this you will know that I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): Watch, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

18 And the fish in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Double Straighters (Egyptians) shall not be able to drink of the water of the river.'”

19 Furthermore, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), “Say to Light Bringer (Aaron), 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand out over the waters of Double Straights (Egypt), on their streams, on their rivers, and on their ponds, and on all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Double Straights (Egypt), both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.'”

20 And Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) did as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of the Great House (Pharaoh), and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river stank, and the Double Straighters (Egyptians) could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

22 Then, the magicians of Double Straights (Egypt) did the same with their enchantments. The Great House's (Pharaoh) heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had said.

23 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) turned and went into his house, and he did not take this to heart either.

24 All the Double Straighters (Egyptians) dug round about the river for water to drink. They could not drink of the water of the river

25 For seven full days after I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) struck the river.