Exodus 7:18

Overview - Exodus 7
Moses and Aaron are encouraged to go again to Pharaoh.
Their age.
Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent.
11 The sorcerers do the like; but their rods are swallowed up by Aaron's.
13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened.
14 God's message to Pharaoh.
19 The river is turned into blood; and the consequent distress of the Egyptians.
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Exodus 7:18  (King James Version)
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
 


the fish
7:21

Egyptians
"The water of Egypt," says Abb Mascrier, "is so delicious, that one would not wish the heat to be less, or to be delivered from the sensation of thirst. The Turks find it so exquisite, that they excite themselves to drink of it by eating salt
" "A person," adds Mr. Harmer, "who never before heard of the deliciousness of the Nile water, and of the large quantities which on that account are drunk of it, will, I am sure, find an energy in those words of Moses to Pharaoh, the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river, which he never did before."

shall loathe
24 ; Numbers 11:20 ; 21:5