Exodus 12:29-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Exodus
29 Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.(A) 30 During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing(B) throughout Egypt because there wasn’t a house without someone dead.
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Exodus 12:29-30
Common English Bible
Death of Egypt’s oldest children
29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the first offspring in the land of Egypt, from the oldest child of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the oldest child of the prisoner in jail, and all the first offspring of the animals. 30 When Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the Egyptians got up that night, a terrible cry of agony rang out across Egypt because every house had someone in it who had died.
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