7:1And the Lord said to Moses: "Look, I have appointed you the God of Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 7:2You will speak to him all the things which I command you: and he will speak to Pharaoh, that he let the sons of Israel go from his land. 7:3But I will harden his heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and he will not hear you: and I will send my hand upon Egypt, and I will lead my army and my people, the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt through very great judgements. 7:5And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord who have stretched out my hand over Egypt, and have led the sons of Israel out from the middle of them."
7:6And so Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: so they acted. 7:7Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. 7:8And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Show signs,' you will say to Aaron: 'Take your rod, and throw it before Pharaoh, and it will be turned into a snake.'" 7:10And so Moses and Aaron, having gone in to Pharaoh, did as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron took the rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it was turned into a snake. 7:11But Pharaoh called the wise men and the sorcerers: and they too did likewise through Egyptian incantations and certain secret arts.
7:12And each threw down his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but the rod of Aaron devoured their rods. 7:13And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 7:14But the Lord said to Moses: "The heart of Pharaoh has been made heavy: he does not want to let the people go. 7:15Go to him in the morning, look, he will go out to the waters: and you will stand to meet him upon the bank of the river: and the rod which was changed into a serpent, you will take in your hand. 7:16And you will say to him: 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying: "Let my people go so that it may sacrifice to me in the desert": and up to the present you have refused to hear.
7:17Therefore thus says the Lord: "By this you will know that I am the Lord: look, I will strike with the rod which is in my hand the water of the river, and it will be turned into blood. 7:18The fish too, which are in the river, will die, and the waters will rot, and the Egyptians will be afflicted drinking the water of the river."'" 7:19The Lord also said to Moses: "Say to Aaron: 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and streams and marshes, and all the pools of waters, so that they may be turned into blood: and let there be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in those of stone.'"
7:20And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and raising the rod he struck the water of the river before Pharaoh and his servants: and it was turned into blood. 7:21And the fish, which were in the river, died: and the river rotted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in the whole land of Egypt. 7:22And the sorcerers of the Egyptians did likewise with their incantations: and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, nor did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 7:23And he turned himself away, and went into his house, nor did he set his heart on it even this time.
7:24But all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink: for they could not drink of the water of the river. 7:25And seven days were fulfilled, after the Lord struck the river.