8:1 And Yehovah said to Moses, Go in to
Pharaoh, and thou shalt say to him, These things says Yehovah: send forth my
people, that they may serve me.
8:2 And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders
with frogs:
8:3 and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into
thy houses, and into thy bed-chambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the
houses of thy servants, and of thy people and on thy dough, and on thine
ovens.
8:4 And upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, shall the
frogs come up.
8:5 And Yehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron thy brother, Stretch forth with
the hand thy rod over the rivers, and over the canals, and over the pools,
and bring up the frogs.
8:6 And Aaron stretched forth his hand over the waters of Egypt, and brought
up the frogs: and the frog was brought up, and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7 And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their
sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.
8:8 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray for me to Yehovah,
and let him take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will send
them away, and they shall sacrifice to Yehovah.
8:9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Appoint me [a time] when I shall pray for
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cause the frogs to
disappear from thee, and from thy people, and from your houses, only in the
river shall they be left behind.
8:10 And he said, On the morrow: he said therefore, As thou has said; that
thou mayest know, that there is no other [Elohim] but Yehovah.
8:11 And the frogs shall be removed away from thee, and from your houses and
from the villages, and from thy servants, and from thy people, only in the
river they shall be left.
8:12 And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yehovah
concerning the restriction of the frogs, as Pharaoh appointed him.
8:13 And Yehovah did as Moses said, and the frogs died out of the houses,
and out of the villages, and out of the fields.
8:14 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
8:15 And when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and
he did not hearken to them, as Yehovah spoke.
8:16 And Yehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod with
thy hand and smite the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice both upon
man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of Egypt.
8:17 So Aaron stretched out his rod with his hand, and smote the dust of the
earth; and the lice were on men and on quadrupeds, and in all the dust of
the earth there were lice.
8:18 And the charmers also did so with their sorceries, to bring forth the
louse, and they could not. And the lice were both on the men and on the
quadrupeds.
8:19 So the charmers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of Elohim. But the
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as Yehovah
said.
8:20 And Yehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh: and behold, he will go forth to the water, and thou shalt say
to him, These things says Yehovah: Send away my people, that they may serve
me in the wilderness.
8:21 And if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I send upon thee, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and upon your houses, the dog-fly;
and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the dog-fly, even
throughout the land upon which they are.
8:22 and I will distinguish marvelously in that day the land of Gesem, on
which my people dwell, in which the dog-fly shall not be: that thou mayest
know that I am Yehovah the Elohim of all the earth.
8:23 And I will put a difference between my people and thy people, and on
the morrow shall this be on the land. And Yehovah did thus.
8:24 And the dog-fly came in abundance into the houses of Pharaoh, and into
the houses of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was
destroyed by the dog-fly.
8:25 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go and sacrifice to Yehovah
your Elohim in the land.
8:26 And Moses said, It cannot be so, for we shall sacrifice to Yehovah our
Elohim the abominations of the Egyptians; for if we sacrifice the abominations
of the Egyptians before them, we shall be stoned.
8:27 We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will
sacrifice to Yehovah our Elohim, as Yehovah said to us.
8:28 And Pharaoh said, I [will] let you go, and do ye sacrifice to your Elohim
in the wilderness, but do not go very far away: pray then for me to the
Lord.
8:29 And Moses said, I then will go forth from thee and pray to Elohim, and the
dog-fly shall depart both from thy servants, and from thy people to-morrow.
Do not thou, Pharaoh, deceive again, so as not to send the people away to do
sacrifice to Yehovah.
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Elohim.
8:31 And Yehovah did as Moses said, and removed the dog-fly from Pharaoh,
and from his servants, and from his people, and there was not one left.
8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart, even on this occasion, and he would not
send the people away. |
8:1 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, Go unto
Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Yehovah, Let my people go, that they
may serve me.
8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders
with frogs:
8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and
come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into
the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and
into thy kneadingtroughs:
8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon
all thy servants.
8:5 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand
with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and
cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs
came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs
upon the land of Egypt.
8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Yehovah,
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let
the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto Yehovah.
8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from
thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that there is none like unto Yehovah our Elohim.
8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy
servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the
Yehovah because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
8:13 And Yehovah did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out
of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and
hearkened not unto them; as Yehovah had said.
8:16 And Yehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and
smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land
of Egypt.
8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all
the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of Elohim: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Yehovah
had said.
8:20 And Yehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus
saith Yehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies,
and also the ground whereon they are.
8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know
that I am Yehovah in the midst of the earth.
8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow
shall this sign be.
8:24 And Yehovah did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the
house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of
Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice
to your Elohim in the land.
8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to Yehovah our Elohim: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
Yehovah our Elohim, as he shall command us.
8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Yehovah
your Elohim in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for
me.
8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Yehovah
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yehovah.
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Yehovah.
8:31 And Yehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there
remained not one.
8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let
the people go. |