2 Mose 7
Schlachter 2000
7 Und der Herr sprach zu Mose: Siehe, ich habe dich dem Pharao zum Gott[a] gesetzt, und dein Bruder Aaron soll dein Prophet[b] sein.
2 Du sollst alles reden, was ich dir gebieten werde, und dein Bruder Aaron soll es dem Pharao sagen, dass er die Kinder Israels aus seinem Land ziehen lassen soll.
3 Aber ich will das Herz des Pharao verhärten, damit ich meine Zeichen und Wunder im Land Ägypten zahlreich werden lasse.
4 Und der Pharao wird nicht auf euch hören, sodass ich meine Hand an Ägypten legen und mein Heer, mein Volk, die Kinder Israels, durch große Gerichte aus dem Land Ägypten führen werde.
5 Und die Ägypter sollen erfahren, dass ich der Herr bin, wenn ich meine Hand über Ägypten ausstrecke und die Kinder Israels herausführe aus ihrer Mitte.
6 Und Mose und Aaron handelten genau so; wie ihnen der Herr geboten hatte, genau so handelten sie.
7 Und Mose war 80 Jahre alt und Aaron 83 Jahre alt, als sie zu dem Pharao redeten.
8 Und der Herr redete zu Mose und Aaron und sprach:
9 Wenn der Pharao zu euch sagen wird: Tut ein Zeichen, um euch auszuweisen!, so sollst du zu Aaron sagen: Nimm deinen Stab und wirf ihn vor den Pharao hin! — dann wird er zur Schlange werden.
10 Da gingen Mose und Aaron zum Pharao und handelten genau so, wie der Herr es ihnen geboten hatte. Und Aaron warf seinen Stab vor den Pharao und vor seine Knechte hin, und er wurde zur Schlange.
11 Da rief der Pharao die Weisen und Zauberkundigen. Und auch die ägyptischen Zauberer taten dasselbe mit ihren Zauberkünsten[c].
12 Und jeder warf seinen Stab hin, und es wurden Schlangen daraus; aber Aarons Stab verschlang ihre Stäbe.
13 Doch das Herz des Pharao verstockte sich, und er hörte nicht auf sie, so wie der Herr es gesagt hatte.
Die erste Plage: Wasser wird zu Blut
14 Und der Herr sprach zu Mose: Das Herz des Pharao ist verstockt; er weigert sich, das Volk ziehen zu lassen.
15 Geh am Morgen hin zum Pharao; siehe, er wird hinaus ans Wasser gehen; tritt ihm entgegen am Ufer des Nils und nimm den Stab in deine Hand, der zur Schlange geworden ist,
16 und sprich zu ihm: Der Herr, der Gott der Hebräer, hat mich zu dir gesandt, um dir zu sagen: Lass mein Volk ziehen, damit es mir in der Wüste dient! Aber siehe, du hast bisher nicht hören wollen.
17 Darum, so spricht der Herr: Daran sollst du erkennen, dass ich der Herr bin: Siehe, ich will mit dem Stab, den ich in meiner Hand habe, das Wasser schlagen, das im Nil ist, und es soll in Blut verwandelt werden,
18 sodass die Fische im Nil sterben müssen und der Nil stinken wird; und es wird die Ägypter ekeln, das Wasser aus dem Nil zu trinken.
19 Und der Herr sprach zu Mose: Sage zu Aaron: Nimm deinen Stab und strecke deine Hand aus über die Wasser in Ägypten, über seine Nilarme, über seine Kanäle und über seine Sümpfe und über alle Wasserbecken[d], dass sie zu Blut werden und dass im ganzen Land Ägypten Blut sei, selbst in den hölzernen und steinernen [Gefäßen].
20 Und Mose und Aaron machten es so, wie es ihnen der Herr geboten hatte. Und er erhob den Stab und schlug vor dem Pharao und seinen Knechten das Wasser, das im Nil war; da wurde alles Wasser im Nil in Blut verwandelt.
21 Und die Fische im Nil starben, und der Nil wurde stinkend, sodass die Ägypter das Nilwasser nicht trinken konnten; und das Blut war im ganzen Land Ägypten.
22 Aber die ägyptischen Zauberer taten dasselbe mit ihren Zauberkünsten. Und so verstockte sich das Herz des Pharao, und er hörte nicht auf sie, so wie der Herr es gesagt hatte.
23 Und der Pharao wandte sich um und ging heim und nahm sich auch das nicht zu Herzen.
24 Aber alle Ägypter gruben um den Nil herum nach Trinkwasser; denn das Nilwasser konnten sie nicht trinken.
25 Und das währte sieben Tage lang, nachdem der Herr den Nil geschlagen hatte.
Die zweite Plage: Frösche
26 Und der Herr sprach zu Mose: Geh hinein zum Pharao und sprich zu ihm: So spricht der Herr: Lass mein Volk ziehen, damit es mir dient!
27 Wenn du dich aber weigerst, es ziehen zu lassen, siehe, so will ich dein ganzes Gebiet mit Fröschen plagen,
28 und der Nil wird von Fröschen wimmeln; die sollen heraufkommen in dein Haus und in deine Schlafkammer und auf dein Bett; auch in die Häuser deiner Knechte, unter dein Volk, in deine Backöfen und in deine Backtröge;
29 und die Frösche sollen auf dich und auf dein Volk und auf alle deine Knechte kriechen.
Exodus 7
New King James Version
Moses Before Pharaoh
7 So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you (A)as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be (B)your prophet. 2 You (C)shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And (D)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and (E)multiply My (F)signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But (G)Pharaoh will not heed you, so (H)that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My [a]armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt (I)by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians (J)shall know that I am the Lord, when I (K)stretch out My hand on Egypt and (L)bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron (M)did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. 7 And Moses was (N)eighty years old and (O)Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Aaron’s Miraculous Rod(P)
8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, (Q)‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, (R)‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’ ” 10 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just (S)as the Lord commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it (T)became a serpent.
11 But Pharaoh also (U)called the wise men and (V)the [b]sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also (W)did in like manner with their [c]enchantments. 12 For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.
The First Plague: Waters Become Blood
14 So the Lord said to Moses: (X)“Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the (Y)water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and (Z)the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. 16 And you shall say to him, (AA)‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, (AB)that they may [d]serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear! 17 Thus says the Lord: “By this (AC)you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and (AD)they shall be turned (AE)to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will (AF)loathe[e] to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”
19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and (AG)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.’ ” 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord commanded. So he (AH)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 (AI)waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians (AJ)could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 (AK)Then the magicians of Egypt did (AL)so with their [f]enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, (AM)as the Lord had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this. 24 So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river. 25 And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river.
Footnotes
- Exodus 7:4 hosts
- Exodus 7:11 soothsayers
- Exodus 7:11 secret arts
- Exodus 7:16 worship
- Exodus 7:18 be weary of drinking
- Exodus 7:22 secret arts
Exodus 7
Complete Jewish Bible
7 But Adonai said to Moshe, “I have put you in the place of God to Pharaoh, and Aharon your brother will be your prophet. 2 You are to say everything I order you, and Aharon your brother is to speak to Pharaoh and tell him to let the people of Isra’el leave his land. 3 But I will make him hardhearted. Even though I will increase my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my armies, my people the sons of Isra’el, out of the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5 Then, when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring the people of Isra’el out from among them, the Egyptians will know that I am Adonai.”
6 Moshe and Aharon did exactly what Adonai ordered them to do. 7 Moshe was eighty years old and Aharon eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
(iv) 8 Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ tell Aharon to take his staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, so that it can become a snake.” 10 Moshe and Aharon went in to Pharaoh and did this, as Adonai had ordered — Aharon threw down his staff in front of Pharaoh and his servants, and it turned into a snake. 11 But Pharaoh in turn called for the sages and sorcerers; and they too, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing, making use of their secret arts. 12 Each one threw his staff down, and they turned into snakes. But Aharon’s staff swallowed up theirs. 13 Nevertheless, Pharaoh was made hardhearted; and he didn’t listen to them, as Adonai had said would happen.
14 Adonai said to Moshe, “Pharaoh is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Stand on the riverbank to confront him, take in your hand the staff which was turned into a snake, 16 and say to him, ‘Adonai, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say: “Let my people go, so that they can worship me in the desert.” But until now you haven’t listened; 17 so Adonai says, “This will let you know that I am Adonai”: I will take the staff in my hand and strike the water in the river, and it will be turned into blood. 18 The fish in the river will die, the river will stink and the Egyptians won’t want to drink water from the river.’”
19 Adonai said to Moshe, “Say to Aharon, ‘Take your staff, reach out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, canals, ponds and all their reservoirs, so that they can turn into blood. There will be blood throughout the whole land of Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars.’” 20 Moshe and Aharon did exactly what Adonai had ordered. He raised the staff and, in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, struck the water in the river; and all the water in the river was turned into blood. 21 The fish in the river died, and the river stank so badly that the Egyptians couldn’t drink its water. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts, so that Pharaoh was made hardhearted and didn’t listen to them, as Adonai had said would happen. 23 Pharaoh just turned and went back to his palace, without taking any of this to heart. 24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, because they couldn’t drink the river water.
25 Seven days after Adonai had struck the river, 26 (8:1) Adonai said to Moshe, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Here is what Adonai says: “Let my people go, so that they can worship me. 27 (8:2) If you refuse to let them go, I will strike all your territory with frogs. 28 (8:3) The river will swarm with frogs. They will go up, enter your palace and go into your bedroom, onto your bed. They will enter the houses of your servants and your people and go into your ovens and kneading bowls. 29 (8:4) The frogs will climb all over you, your people and your servants.”’”
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