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Exodus, 7

1. And the Lord said to Moses: Behold I have appointed thee the God of Pharao: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

1. καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων ἰδοὺ δέδωκά σε θεὸν Φαραω καὶ Ααρων ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔσται σου προφήτης

2. Thou shalt speak to him all that I command thee; and he shall speak to Pharao, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

2. σὺ δὲ λαλήσεις αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα σοι ἐντέλλομαι ὁ δὲ Ααρων ὁ ἀδελφός σου λαλήσει πρὸς Φαραω ὥστε ἐξαποστεῖλαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ

3. But I shall harden his heart, and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

3. ἐγὼ δὲ σκληρυνῶ τὴν καρδίαν Φαραω καὶ πληθυνῶ τὰ σημεῖά μου καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ

4. And he will not hear you: and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and will bring forth my army and my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by very great judgments.

4. καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούσεται ὑμῶν Φαραω καὶ ἐπιβαλῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐξάξω σὺν δυνάμει μου τὸν λαόν μου τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σὺν ἐκδικήσει μεγάλῃ

5. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, who have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought forth the children of Israel out of the midst of them.

5. καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ἐκτείνων τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐξάξω τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν

6. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: so did they.

6. ἐποίησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων καθάπερ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς κύριος οὕτως ἐποίησαν

7. And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

7. Μωυσῆς δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα Ααρων δὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τριῶν ἡνίκα ἐλάλησεν πρὸς Φαραω

8. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

8. καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων λέγων

9. When Pharao shall say to you, Shew signs: thou shalt say to Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into a serpent.

9. καὶ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς Φαραω λέγων δότε ἡμῖν σημεῖον ἢ τέρας καὶ ἐρεῖς Ααρων τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου λαβὲ τὴν ῥάβδον καὶ ῥῖψον αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται δράκων

10. So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao, and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron took the rod before Pharao, and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent.

10. εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως καθάπερ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς κύριος καὶ ἔρριψεν Ααρων τὴν ῥάβδον ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένετο δράκων

11. And Pharao called the wise men and the magicians: and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets did in like manner.

11. συνεκάλεσεν δὲ Φαραω τοὺς σοφιστὰς Αἰγύπτου καὶ τοὺς φαρμακούς καὶ ἐποίησαν καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ταῖς φαρμακείαις αὐτῶν ὡσαύτως

12. And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods.

12. καὶ ἔρριψαν ἕκαστος τὴν ῥάβδον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένοντο δράκοντες καὶ κατέπιεν ἡ ῥάβδος ἡ Ααρων τὰς ἐκείνων ῥάβδους

13. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded.

13. καὶ κατίσχυσεν ἡ καρδία Φαραω καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς κύριος

14. And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao's heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.

14. εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν βεβάρηται ἡ καρδία Φαραω τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν

15. Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

15. βάδισον πρὸς Φαραω τὸ πρωί ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐκπορεύεται ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ στήσῃ συναντῶν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν στραφεῖσαν εἰς ὄφιν λήμψῃ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου

16. And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee saying: Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert: and hitherto thou wouldst not hear.

16. καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτόν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν Εβραίων ἀπέσταλκέν με πρὸς σὲ λέγων ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου ἵνα μοι λατρεύσῃ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσήκουσας ἕως τούτου

17. Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rods that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

17. τάδε λέγει κύριος ἐν τούτῳ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τύπτω τῇ ῥάβδῳ τῇ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ καὶ μεταβαλεῖ εἰς αἷμα

18. And the fishes that are in the river shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.

18. καὶ οἱ ἰχθύες οἱ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ τελευτήσουσιν καὶ ἐποζέσει ὁ ποταμός καὶ οὐ δυνήσονται οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ

19. The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.

19. εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν εἰπὸν Ααρων τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου λαβὲ τὴν ῥάβδον σου καὶ ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ποταμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς διώρυγας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἕλη αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν συνεστηκὸς ὕδωρ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσται αἷμα καὶ ἐγένετο αἷμα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου ἔν τε τοῖς ξύλοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς λίθοις

20. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood.

20. καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων καθάπερ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς κύριος καὶ ἐπάρας τῇ ῥάβδῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξεν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ μετέβαλεν πᾶν τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ εἰς αἷμα

21. And the fishes that were in the river died: and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt.

21. καὶ οἱ ἰχθύες οἱ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐτελεύτησαν καὶ ἐπώζεσεν ὁ ποταμός καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἦν τὸ αἷμα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου

22. And the magicians of the Egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner: and Pharao's heart was hardened, neither did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded.

22. ἐποίησαν δὲ ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ταῖς φαρμακείαις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραω καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν καθάπερ εἶπεν κύριος

23. And he turned himself away and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

23. ἐπιστραφεὶς δὲ Φαραω εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐπέστησεν τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ

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

24. ὤρυξαν δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κύκλῳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὥστε πιεῖν ὕδωρ καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ

25. And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.

25. καὶ ἀνεπληρώθησαν ἑπτὰ ἡμέραι μετὰ τὸ πατάξαι κύριον τὸν ποταμόν

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26. εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν εἴσελθε πρὸς Φαραω καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτόν τάδε λέγει κύριος ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου ἵνα μοι λατρεύσωσιν

27.

27. εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλει σὺ ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τύπτω πάντα τὰ ὅριά σου τοῖς βατράχοις

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28. καὶ ἐξερεύξεται ὁ ποταμὸς βατράχους καὶ ἀναβάντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τοὺς οἴκους σου καὶ εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τῶν κοιτώνων σου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κλινῶν σου καὶ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς φυράμασίν σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς κλιβάνοις σου

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29. καὶ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θεράποντάς σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν σου ἀναβήσονται οἱ βάτραχοι



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Footnotes:

7:1-2 - God declares that He made Moses "God" to Pharaoh and Aaron his prophet. This designation highlights Moses' role as the representative of divine authority on earth, a parallel to the prophetic ministry (see also Exodus 4:16 and 2 Corinthians 5:20).

7:3-4 - God hardens Pharaoh's heart so that His signs and wonders may be widely known. The hardening of Pharaoh's heart is a mystery that reveals both God's justice and mercy (see also Romans 9:17-18 and Proverbs 21:1).

7:8-12 - Aaron throws his staff before Pharaoh, and it turns into a serpent. The Egyptian magicians do the same, but Aaron's staff swallows theirs. This display of power symbolizes God's superiority over the false gods of Egypt (see also Psalm 74:12-13 and Revelation 12:9).

7:14-18 - God warns Pharaoh that the first plague will be the turning of the Nile's waters into blood. The Nile, a source of life for Egypt, becomes a symbol of judgment. This miracle demonstrates God's control over creation (see also Ezekiel 29:3 and Revelation 16:3-4).

7:19-25 - The first plague occurs when the Nile turns to blood, killing the fish and making the water unfit for consumption. This plague reflects God's judgment on the false gods of Egypt, challenging his supposed divinity (see also Psalm 78:44 and Revelation 8:8-9).

Verses related to Exodus, 7:

Exodus chapter 7 begins the narrative of the plagues of Egypt. How does God demonstrate His power over the Egyptian gods? This dramatic text describes the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, the transformation of Aaron's rod into a serpent and the first plague: the water turned into blood. The chapter introduces themes such as the conflict between the true God and false gods, divine judgment and human obstinacy. Exodus 7 sets the pattern for subsequent plagues. Consider with us five biblical passages that correlate with the themes of divine power and judgment in this impactful chapter.

Psalms 78:43-44: "They did not remember his power, nor the day he delivered them from the oppressor, when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan. He turned their rivers and streams into blood, so that they could not drink." - This psalm recalls the blood plague described in Exodus 7:14-25.

Acts 7:36: "It was he who brought them out of Egypt, performing wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, the Red Sea and the desert for forty years." - Stephen mentions the miracles performed by Moses, including those in Exodus 7.

Romans 9:17-18: "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose: to show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.' Therefore, God has mercy on whom he wills, and hardens whom he wills." - Paul reflects on the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, a recurring theme from Exodus 7 onwards.

Revelation 16:3-4: "The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing that was in it died. The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned into blood." - This vision of judgment echoes the blood plague of Exodus 7:14-25.

2 Timothy 3:8: "Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, they also resist the truth. They are men of corrupted minds, disapproved of their faith." - Paul references a Jewish tradition about Pharaoh's magicians mentioned in Exodus 7:11-12.

FAQ:

What happened when Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh for the first time?

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and performed a miracle: Aaron threw down his staff, and it turned into a serpent. Pharaoh, however, did not believe it and called his magicians, who did the same. (Exodus 7:8-13)

What was the first plague God sent to Egypt?

The first plague was the turning of the Nile waters into blood. This made the water undrinkable and killed the fish. (Exodus 7:14-25)

How did Pharaoh react after the first plague?

Pharaoh hardened his heart and did not allow the Israelites to leave, despite the suffering caused by the plague. (Exodus 7:22-23)

What does the plague of blood on the Nile symbolize?

The plague of blood symbolizes God’s judgment on the Egyptian gods and their inability to help the people. (Exodus 7:17-18)

What impact did the plague of blood have on the daily lives of the Egyptians?

The plague of blood made the water of the Nile and other bodies of water unfit for drinking and daily activities, severely affecting the lives of the Egyptians. (Exodus 7:21)


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