Exodus 7

¹Then the Lord saide to Moses, Behold, I haue made thee Pharaohs God, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy Prophet.

²Thou shalt speake all that I commanded thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children of Israel to go out of his land.

³But I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my miracles and my wonders in the lande of Egypt.

⁴And Pharaoh shall not hearken vnto you, that I may lay mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out myne armies, euen my people, the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by great iudgements.

⁵Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

⁶So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they.

⁷(Nowe Moses was foure score yeere olde, and Aaron foure score and three, when they spake vnto Pharaoh)

⁸And the Lord had spoken vnto Moses and Aaron, saying,

⁹If Pharaoh speake vnto you, saying, Shewe a miracle for you, then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shalbe turned into a serpent.

¹⁰Then went Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and did euen as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh and before his seruants, and it was turned into a serpent.

¹¹Then Pharaoh called also for the wise men and sorcerers: and those charmers also of Egypt did in like maner with their enchantmens,

¹²For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.