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But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.
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Egypt's Actual Grains
Commentators clarify that "rye" is a mistranslation. The crops mentioned were likely spelt (a common grain in ancient Egypt, also called doora) and wheat. This detail grounds the biblical account in the specific agricultural realities of the time, showing the precision of the narrative.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a t…
19th Century
Anglican
The wheat and the rie. —“Rie,” or rye, is a wrong translation. It is a grain which has never been grown in Egypt. The only three k…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten Bruised, broken, beat down, and destroyed by hail: the word rendered by u…
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Woeful havoc this hail caused: it killed both men and cattle. The grain above ground was destroyed, and only that which had not yet come up was pre…
