And the Lord said unto Moses
 About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out thine hand toward heaven;
 where the luminaries are, and from whence light comes: that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
 may be felt;
 that is, what caused it, the gross vapours and thick fogs; for otherwise darkness itself, being a privation of light, cannot be felt: Onkelos paraphrases it, 
``after that the darkness of the night is removed;''so Jonathan; that it might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.