And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
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The “streams” mean the natural branches of the Nile in Lower Egypt. The word “rivers” should more accurately be “canals”; they were very extensive,…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
THE FIRST PLAGUE.
The water turned to blood. —Moses had already been empowered to turn water into…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
And the Lord spoke to Moses. This is the more extended narrative of which I spoke. Moses mentions nothing different from what happened bef…
John Gill
JohnGill
And the Lord spoke unto Moses
Pharaoh still being obstinate, and refusing to let the people go:
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Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Here is the first of the ten plagues: the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast, rolling streams of blo…
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