1 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Look, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. BSB BSB: The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
2 GLT You shall say everything that I will command you. And your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he should let the sons of Israel go from his land. BSB BSB: You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
3 GLT But I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and my miracles in the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
4 GLT And Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will put my hand on Egypt and will bring out my armies, my people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt with great judgments. BSB BSB: Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
5 GLT And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand over Egypt to bring the sons of Israel out from their midst.” BSB BSB: And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
6 GLT And Moses and Aaron did; they did just as Yahweh commanded them. BSB BSB: So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
7 GLT And Moses was a son of 80 years and Aaron was a son of 83 years when they were speaking to Pharaoh. BSB BSB: Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron saying, BSB BSB: The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
9 GLT “For Pharaoh will speak to you, saying,‘Create a miracle yourself,’ and you shall say to Aaron,‘Take your staff and throw it down before the face of Pharaoh; let it become a serpent.’” BSB BSB: “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
10 GLT And Moses and Aaron entered in to Pharaoh, and they did just as Yahweh commanded. And Aaron threw down his staff before the face of Pharaoh and before the faces of his servants, and it became a serpent. BSB BSB: So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
11 GLT And Pharaoh also called for wise men and sorcerers. And the magicians of Egypt also did so by their magic. BSB BSB: But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
12 GLT And each man threw down his staff, and they became serpents. And the staff of Aaron swallowed up their staffs. BSB BSB: Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
13 GLT And the heart of Pharaoh was strong, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken. BSB BSB: Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
14 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“The heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he has refused to let the people go. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
15 GLT Go to Pharaoh. Behold, in the morning he goes out to the water, so station yourself to meet him on the edge of the river. And take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake. BSB BSB: Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
16 GLT And say to him,‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,“Let my people go, and they will serve me in the wilderness. And behold, until now, you have not listened.” BSB BSB: Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
17 GLT Thus says Yahweh:“By this you will know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I am about to strike against the waters that are in the river with the staff that is in my hand, and they will turn to blood. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
18 GLT And the fish that are in the river will die, and the river will stink. And the Egyptians will exhaust themselves to drink water from the river.”’” BSB BSB: The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
19 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Say to Aaron,‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt; over their streams, over their canals, and over their pools, and over every reservoir of their water, and it will become blood.’ And there will be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.” BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
20 GLT And Moses and Aaron did so, just as Yahweh commanded. And he raised the staff, and he struck the water that was in the river, in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants. And all the water that was in the river turned to blood. BSB BSB: Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
21 GLT And the fish that were in the river died, and the river stank, so the Egyptians were not able to drink water from the river. And the blood was in all the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
22 GLT And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their magic. And the heart of Pharaoh was strong, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken. BSB BSB: But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
23 GLT And Pharaoh turned around and went into his house. And he did not set his heart even to this. BSB BSB: Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
24 GLT And all the Egyptians dug water to drink around the river, for they were not able to drink from the waters of the river. BSB BSB: So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
25 GLT And seven days were filled after Yahweh struck the river. BSB BSB: And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.