Exo 7:17-20 | NASB1995 | STEP | ‘ Thus says the Lord , “ By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold , I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand , and it will be turned to blood .

Exodus 7:17-20

17 ‘Thus says the Lord, ^a“By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike ^{▼▼ Lit upon the waters}the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and ^cit will be turned to blood. 18 ^d“The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will ^{▼▼ I.e. have a bad smell}become foul, and the Egyptians will ^{▼▼ Or be weary of
,} ^gfind difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and ^hstretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^{▼▼ Or canals}streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

20 So Moses and Aaron did even as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up ^{▼▼ Lit with the staff
,} ^kthe staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and ^lall the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.