Exodus 7:23

The First Plague: Blood · Exodus 7:14–25
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Translations

Modern
Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
Traditional
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Literal
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not set his heart even to this.
Latin
Avertitque se, et ingressus est domum suam, nec apposuit cor etiam hac vice.

Original

Hebrew
English
Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

Notes

The first plague was the plague on the Nile, when the whole river turned to blood (7:20). The Egyptians correctly understood that without the Nile there would be no life in Egypt. They worshiped the Nile as the Mother of Egypt, but God showed that life is his to give or withhold.

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Events

People

Pharaoh: Egyptian Pharaoh during the Exodus

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Topics

Blood: Plague of Disobedience to God of Pharaoh, in Refusing to Let the People of Israel Go Plague: The Plague of Blood