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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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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 9:13–34
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 9:32
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Gill
On Exodus 9:32
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 9:22–35
17th Century
Minister
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…