But Pharaohshall not hearkenunto you, that I may lay my handuponEgypt, and bringforthminearmies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by greatjudgments.
WhenPharaohshallspeakunto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: thenthoushalt say untoAaron, Take thy rod, and cast it beforePharaoh, and it shallbecome a serpent.
And Moses and Aaronwent in untoPharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaroncastdown his rod beforePharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Get theeuntoPharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thoushaltstand by the river’sbrinkagainst he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpentshaltthoutake in thinehand.
And thoushalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrewshathsent me untothee, saying, Let my people go, thatthey may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hithertothouwouldest not hear.
Thussaith the LORD, In thisthoushaltknowthat I am the LORD: behold, I willsmitewith the rod that is in minehandupon the waterswhich are in the river, and theyshall be turned to blood.
And the LORDspakeuntoMoses, Say untoAaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thinehandupon the waters of Egypt, upontheirstreams, upontheirrivers, and upontheirponds, and upon all theirpools of water, thatthey may becomeblood; and thatthere may be bloodthroughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORDcommanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the watersthatwere in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the watersthatwere in the riverwereturned to blood.
And the fishthat was in the riverdied; and the riverstank, and the Egyptianscould not drink of the water of the river; and there was bloodthroughout all the land of Egypt.