1And YHWH said to Moses, “See, I’ve made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron, your brother, will be your prophet. 2You shall speak everything that I’ll command you; and Aaron, your brother, shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go from his land. 3And I, I’ll harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I’ll multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4And Pharaoh won’t listen to you, and I’ll set my hand in Egypt and bring out my masses, my people, the children of Israel, from the land of Egypt with great judgments. 5And Egypt will know that I am YHWH when I reach out my hand on Egypt, and I’ll bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
6And Moses and Aaron did as YHWH had commanded them. They did so. 7And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 9“When Pharaoh will speak to you, saying, ‘Produce a wonder!’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it in front of Pharaoh. Let it become a serpent.’” 10And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and did so, as YHWH had commanded, and Aaron threw his staff in front of Pharaoh and in front of his servants, and it became a serpent.* 11And Pharaoh, too, called the wise men and the sorcerers; and they, too, Egypt’s magicians, did so with their charms: 12and they each threw his staff, and they became serpents. And Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs!**
13And Pharaoh’s heart was strong, and he did not listen to them—as YHWH had spoken.
14And YHWH said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is heavy. ‡ He has refused to let the people go. 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning—here, he’ll be going out to the water—and you’ll stand opposite him on the bank of the Nile, and you shall take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. l6And you’ll say to him, ‘YHWH, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying: “Let my people go so they may serve me in the wilderness.” And here, you haven’t listened so far. 17YHWH said this: “By this you’ll know that I am YHWH.” Here, I’m striking with the staff that’s in my hand on the waters that are in the Nile, and they’ll be changed into blood. l8And the fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and Egypt will weary themselves to drink water from the Nile.’”
19And YHWH said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and reach your hand over Egypt’s waters, over their rivers, over their canals, and over their pools, and over every concentration of their waters.’ And they will be blood! And blood will be in all the land of Egypt—and in the trees and in the stones!” 20And Moses and Aaron did so, as YHWH had commanded. And he raised the staff and struck the waters that were in the Nile before Pharaoh’s eyes and before his servants’ eyes, and all the waters that were in the Nile were changed into blood. 21And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile had an odor, and Egypt was not able to drink water from the Nile. And the blood was in all the land of Egypt. 22And Egypt’s magicians did so with their charms. And Pharaoh’s heart was strong, and he did not listen to them—as YHWH had spoken. 23And Pharaoh turned and came into his house and did not pay heed to this as well. 24And All Egypt dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they were not able to drink from the Nile’s waters. 25And seven days were filled after YHWH’s striking the Nile.
26And YHWH said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh, and you’ll say to him, ‘YHWH said this: Let my people go, so they may serve me. 27And if you refuse to let go, here, I’m plaguing all your border with frogs, 28and the Nile will teem with frogs, and they’ll go up and come in your house and in your bedroom and on your bed and in your servants’ house and among your people and in your ovens and in your bowls, 29and the frogs will go up on you and on your people and on all your servants.’”