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When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
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God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
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The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
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and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
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Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
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But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt,
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Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
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The Plague of Blood
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
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But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
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Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
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the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
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But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
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Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
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But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.
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When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.
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So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
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The Plague of Locusts
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them
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But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
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But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.
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Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
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And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
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The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.
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I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
