And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord
commanded
Moses delivered the rod to Aaron, who took it and went to the
water side:
and he lift up the rod, and smote the waters that were in
the river;
or "in that river" F9, the river Nile, on the brink of
which Pharaoh then stood:
in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his
servants;
his nobles and courtiers who tended him in his walk to the water;
for this was done before he returned to his palace:
and all the waters that were in the river were turned into
blood;
not only the face of the waters looked like blood, but they were
really turned into it; and not only the surface of the water, but
all the water that was in the river, wherever it flowed, and as
far as it flowed in the land of Egypt.