13 However, Pharaoh’s heart hardened,(A) and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard: he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.(B)

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13 Yet (A)Pharaoh’s heart was [a]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Water Turned into Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is [b]stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning [c]just as (B)he is going out to the water, and position yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand (C)the staff that was turned into a serpent.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 7:13 Lit strong
  2. Exodus 7:14 Or hard; lit heavy
  3. Exodus 7:15 Lit behold

13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart(A) became hard and he would not listen(B) to them, just as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding;(C) he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river.(D) Confront him on the bank of the Nile,(E) and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

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13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

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13 And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

The First Plague: Waters Become Blood

14 So the Lord said to Moses: (A)“Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the (B)water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and (C)the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

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