⁹ But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood^(A) on the ground.”

¹⁰ Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”^(B)

¹¹ The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?^(C) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?^(D) Is it not I, the Lord?