Exodus 7:12-14

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹² Each of them threw his staff down, and they all became large snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed theirs. ¹³ Yet, Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and would not listen to them, as the Lord had predicted.

The First Plague—the Nile River Turns into Blood

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let my people go.