Exodus 7:14

The Nile River Turns Into Blood

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is very stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

Exodus 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
&c.] Or "heavy" ^F3, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go;
which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (dbk) "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Exodus 7:14 In-Context

12 Each one threw his staff down. Each staff turned into a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed theirs up.

13 In spite of that, Pharaoh's heart became stubborn. He wouldn't listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is very stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

15 In the morning Pharaoh will go down to the water. Go and wait on the bank of the Nile River to meet him. Take in your hand the wooden staff that turned into a snake.

16 "Say to Pharaoh, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you. He says, "Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me in the desert. But up to now you have not listened."