²⁰ Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he ^(A)lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the ^(B)water in the Nile turned into blood.

²¹ And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians ^(A)could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

²² But ^(A)the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So ^(B)Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as ^(C)the Lord had said.