⁸ And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ⁹ When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a ^[a]serpent. ¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their ^[b]enchantments. ¹² For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. ¹³ And Pharaoh’s heart ^[c]was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.