rsv Exodus:7:1-15
rsv@Exodus:7:1 @ And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
rsv@Exodus:7:2 @ You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.
rsv@Exodus:7:3 @ But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
rsv@Exodus:7:4 @ Pharaoh will not listen to you; then I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts, my people the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
rsv@Exodus:7:5 @ And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them."
rsv@Exodus:7:6 @ And Moses and Aaron did so; they did as the LORD commanded them.
rsv@Exodus:7:7 @ Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty- three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
rsv@Exodus:7:8 @ And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
rsv@Exodus:7:9 @ "When Pharaoh says to you, `Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, `Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"
rsv@Exodus:7:10 @ So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the LORD commanded; Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.
rsv@Exodus:7:11 @ Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.
rsv@Exodus:7:12 @ For every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
rsv@Exodus:7:13 @ Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
rsv@Exodus:7:14 @ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.
rsv@Exodus:7:15 @ Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; wait for him by the river's brink, and take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.