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Exodus 9

Exodus 9:26

The Seventh Plague: Hail · Exodus 9:13–35
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Translations

Modern
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Traditional
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Literal
Only in the land of Goshen, where there were the sons of Israel, there was no hail.
Latin
Tantum in terra Gessen, ubi erant filii Israël, grando non cecidit.

Original

Hebrew
English
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

Notes

Exodus 9:26

The hail was not a normal storm. It was unusual in how wide the storm spread and what it damaged.

It did not fall everywhere in the same way. It struck some places but not others (see study note on 9:1–7).

Exodus 9:13–33

The seventh plague was a hailstorm (9:18). It rains in Egypt only a few days each year. Hail and thunderstorms are rare. This storm would have terrified them. This may explain the increased theological reflection associated with it. The plague destroyed the flax and barley crops (9:31).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Goshen: A region in Egypt where the Israelites settled and prospered

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Jannes and Jambres Magic Miracle Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

God: Preserver Goshen: A District in Egypt Especially Suitable for Herds and Flocks: Exempted from Plagues Hail: Plague of, in Egypt Israel: Exempt from the Plagues Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of Plagues of Hail, and Thunder, and Lightning in Egypt Plague: Hail Rain: The Plague of, Upon Egypt Thunder: Sent As a Plague Upon the Egyptians