Exodus · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Exodus 7 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
2 And thou shalt say to him all things that I charge thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 And Pharaoh will not hearken to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt; and will bring out my people the children of Israel with my power out of the land of Egypt with great vengeance.
4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them.
5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharaoh.
7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 Now if Pharaoh should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’”
10 And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and [before] his servants, and they did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 But Pharaoh called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers also of the Egyptians did likewise with their sorceries.
11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
12 And they cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.
12 For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord charged them.
13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
14 And the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
15 Go to Pharaoh early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and thou shalt meet him on the bank of the river, and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand.
16 And thou shalt say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Send my people away, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
16 You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you haven’t listened.”
17 These things saith the Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.
17 Yahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.
18 The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”’”
19 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod in thy hand, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood: and there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.
19 Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and [Aaron] having lifted up [his hand] with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
21 And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
21 The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, even as the Lord said.
22 The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
23 And Pharaoh turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing.
23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.
24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.
25 And seven days were fulfilled after the Lord had smitten the river.
25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
26 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and thou shalt say to him, These things says the Lord: send forth my people, that they may serve me.
26 Not in this translation
27 And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders with frogs:
27 Not in this translation
28 and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bedchambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.
28 Not in this translation
29 And upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, shall the frogs come up.
29 Not in this translation
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 4:15–16; Psalm 82:6; John 10:35–36; Jeremiah 1:10; 1 Kings 17:23
- 2 Exodus 4:15; Ezekiel 3:10; Exodus 6:29; Jeremiah 1:7; Deuteronomy 4:2
- 3 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 11:9; Acts 7:36; Psalm 105:27–36; Psalm 135:9
- 4 Exodus 6:6; Exodus 11:9; Exodus 12:51; Lamentations 3:3; Exodus 10:1
- 5 Exodus 14:18; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 3:20
- 6 Exodus 7:2; Exodus 7:10; Genesis 6:22; Psalm 119:4; John 15:14
- 7 Deuteronomy 34:7; Acts 7:30; Acts 7:23; Deuteronomy 31:2; Deuteronomy 29:5
- 9 Exodus 4:2; Isaiah 7:11; John 2:18; John 6:30; Exodus 4:17
- 10 Exodus 4:3; Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19; Amos 9:3
- 11 Exodus 7:22; 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 8:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
- 12 1 John 4:4; Exodus 8:18–19; Exodus 9:11; Acts 13:8–11; Acts 8:9–13
- 13 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 8:15; Zechariah 7:11–12; Exodus 10:27; Hebrews 3:13
- 14 Exodus 10:20; Exodus 10:1; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 9:2
- 15 Exodus 8:20; Exodus 7:10; Exodus 2:5; Ezekiel 29:3; Exodus 4:2–4
- 16 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 9:1; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 5:1–3; Exodus 3:12
- 17 Exodus 4:9; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 7:5; Ezekiel 39:28; Ezekiel 38:23
- 18 Exodus 7:24; Exodus 7:21; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:20
- 19 Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:26; Exodus 10:21; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 8:5–6
- 20 Psalm 78:44; Psalm 105:29; John 2:9–11; Exodus 17:5–6; Exodus 7:17–18
- 21 Exodus 7:18; Revelation 8:9
- 22 Exodus 7:11; 2 Timothy 3:8; Exodus 8:7–8; Jeremiah 27:18
- 23 Psalm 62:10; Ezekiel 40:4; Habakkuk 1:5; Proverbs 22:17; Jeremiah 36:24
- 25 2 Samuel 24:13; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 8:9–10
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