Genesis 7:14 -25
Then
the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is being stubborn. He refuses to let my
people
go. In the morning meet Pharaoh
when he''s on his way to the Nile. Wait for him on the bank of the river. Take
along the staff that turned into a snake. Say
to him, ''The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to tell you, "Let my people
go to worship me in the desert." So far you have not listened. Here is what the Lord says: This is the way you
will recognize that I am the Lord: With this staff in my hand, I''m going to
strike the Nile, and the
water will turn into
blood. The
fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be
able to drink any water from the Nile.''" The
Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, ''Take your staff and stretch out your
hand over the waters of Egypt--its rivers, canals, ponds, and all its
reservoirs--so that they turn into blood. There will be blood everywhere in
Egypt, even in the wooden and stone containers.''" Moses
and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. In front of Pharaoh and his officials,
Aaron raised his staff and struck the Nile. All the water in the river turned
into blood. The fish in the Nile died,
and it smelled so bad that the Egyptians couldn''t drink any water from the
river. There was blood everywhere in Egypt. But
the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic spells. So Pharaoh
continued to be stubborn and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, as the Lord
had predicted. Pharaoh turned and went
back to his palace. He dismissed the entire matter from his mind. All the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water
to drink because they couldn''t drink any of the water from the river. Seven days passed after the Lord struck the
Nile.