³ But God came to Abimelek^(A) in a dream^(B) one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead^(C) because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”^(D)

¹⁷ But the Lord inflicted^(A) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household^(B) because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

¹⁵ Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river.^(A) Confront him on the bank of the Nile,^(B) and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. ¹⁶ Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(C) me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.^{(D) 17} This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord:^(E) With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.^{(F) 18} The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink;^(G) the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.’”^(H)

The Plague of Hail

¹³ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(A) me, ¹⁴ or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know^(B) that there is no one like^(C) me in all the earth. ¹⁵ For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people^(D) with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. ¹⁶ But I have raised you up^[a] for this very purpose,^(E) that I might show you my power^(F) and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. ¹⁷ You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go. ¹⁸ Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm^(G) that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.^(H)

⁴² If the God of my father,^(A) the God of Abraham^(B) and the Fear of Isaac,^(C) had not been with me,^(D) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,^(E) and last night he rebuked you.^(F)”

²⁹ I have the power to harm you;^(A) but last night the God of your father^(B) said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’^(C)

²⁴ Then God came to Laban the Aramean^(A) in a dream at night and said to him,^(B) “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”^(C)