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Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
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A Week of Stubbornness
Commentators agree that the plague lasted a full week because Pharaoh's heart was too proud to ask for its removal. As one scholar notes, since Pharaoh could obtain water by digging, he was indifferent to the suffering of his people, showing how a hardened heart prolongs judgment.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seven days — This marks the duration of the plague. The natural discoloration of the Nile water lasts generally much longer, about 20 days.<…
19th Century
Anglican
And seven days were fulfilled. —These words seem to mark the duration of the first plague, which was longer because Pharaoh made no submis…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And seven days were fulfilled Or there were full seven days, a whole week:
after that the Lord ha…
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