Exodus 7:14

The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is unresponsive: he refuses to let the people go.

Exodus 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
&c.] Or "heavy" ^F3, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go;
which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (dbk) "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Exodus 7:14 In-Context

12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs.

13 However, Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is unresponsive: he refuses to let the people go.

15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.

16 Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness, but so far you have not listened.