Chūāijíjì 7:12

12 Tāmen gèrén diū xià zìjǐ de zhàng , zhàng jiù biàn zuò shé , dàn Yàlún de zhàng tūn le tāmende zhàng .

Chūāijíjì 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:12

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became
serpents
That is, they seemed to be so, as Josephus ^F26 expresses it, but not really, in which he is followed by many; though some think that the devil assisted in this affair, and in an instant, as soon as the rods were cast down, removed them and put real serpents in their room:

but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods;
that is, the serpent that Aaron's rod was turned into, swallowed up the rods of the magicians, which never were otherwise than rods only in appearance; or if real serpents were put in the room of them, these were devoured by his serpent called his rod, because it was before turned into a serpent, as Aben Ezra observes; though the Targums of Jonathan, Jarchi, and R. Jeshua, suppose this was done after the serpent became a rod again; which makes the miracle the greater and more wonderful, that a rod should devour other rods; and supposing them real serpents, this was what the magicians could not make their rods do, and in which they were outdone by Aaron.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Antiqu. ut supra. (l. 2. c. 13 sect. 3.)

Chūāijíjì 7:12 In-Context

10 Móxī , Yàlún jìn qù jiàn fǎlǎo , jiù zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu de xíng . Yàlún bǎ zhàng diū zaì fǎlǎo hé chénpú miànqián , zhàng jiù biàn zuò shé .

11 Yúshì fǎlǎo shào le bóshì hé shùshì lái , tāmen shì Āijí xíng fǎshù de , yĕ yòng xiéshù zhàoyàng ér xíng .

12 Tāmen gèrén diū xià zìjǐ de zhàng , zhàng jiù biàn zuò shé , dàn Yàlún de zhàng tūn le tāmende zhàng .

13 Fǎlǎo xīnli gāng yìng , bú kĕn tīng cóng Móxī , Yàlún , zhèng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de .

14 Yēhéhuá duì Móxī shuō , fǎlǎo xīnli gùzhí , bù kĕn róng bǎixìng qù .