Exodus 7:25

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord smote the flood. (And then seven days passed, from when the Lord struck the River.)

Exodus 7:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:25

And seven days were fulfilled
Or there were full seven days, a whole week:

after that the Lord had smitten the river,
and turned it into blood; here the miracle is ascribed to him; Moses and Aaron, and the rod they used, were only instruments, nothing short of almighty power could do such a miracle; it seems this lasted seven days at least. It began, as Bishop Usher ^F15 computes it, on the eighteen day of the sixth month, or Adar, part of February and part of March, and ended the twenty fifth of the same. It is not said that Pharaoh requested to have it removed, though Philo ^F16 says he did; his stubborn heart not being humbled enough as yet to ask such a favour, and therefore perhaps it was taken off without asking for it, to make way for another.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 20.
F16 Ut supra. (De Vita. Mosis, l. 1. p. 617.)

Exodus 7:25 In-Context

23 And he turned away himself (And he turned himself away), and entered into his house, neither he took it to heart, yea, in this time.

24 Forsooth all [the] Egyptians digged water about the flood, to drink; for they might not drink of [the] water of the flood. (And then all the Egyptians dug about the River for water to drink, for they could not drink the water out of the River, that is, out of the Nile.)

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord smote the flood. (And then seven days passed, from when the Lord struck the River.)