Exodus 7:23

23 And Pharaoh turned and went to his house, and {he did not take also this to heart}.

Exodus 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:23

And Pharaoh turned, and went into his house
Turned away from Moses and Aaron, and turned back from the river to which he came, and went to his palace in the city; it being perhaps now about dinner time, when all before related had passed:

neither did he set his heart to this also:
had no regard to this miracle of turning the waters into blood, as well as he had none to the rod being turned into a serpent, and devouring the rods of the magicians; he neither considered the one nor the other, or seriously and closely thought of this, any more than of the other.

Exodus 7:23 In-Context

21 And the fish that [were] in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and [the] Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.

22 And the magicians of Egypt did likewise with their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

23 And Pharaoh turned and went to his house, and {he did not take also this to heart}.

24 And all of [the] Egyptians dug around the Nile [for] water to drink, because they were unable to drink from the water of the Nile.

25 And seven days passed after Yahweh struck the Nile.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "he did not put his heart also to this"