Exodus 7:24

Translations

Modern

So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

Traditional

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Literal

And all Egypt dug around the River for water to drink, because they were not able to drink from the waters of the River.

Latin

Foderunt autem omnes Ægyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent: non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis.

Original

Hebrew

English

So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

Notes

Exodus 7:14–25

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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