Éxodo 7:12

12 Cada uno de ellos arrojó su vara al suelo, y cada vara se convirtió en una serpiente. Sin embargo, la vara de Aarón se tragó las varas de todos ellos.

Éxodo 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.)

Éxodo 7:12 In-Context

10 Moisés y Aarón fueron a ver al faraón y cumplieron las órdenes del SEÑOR. Aarón arrojó su vara al suelo ante el faraón y sus funcionarios, y la vara se convirtió en serpiente.

11 Pero el faraón llamó a los sabios y hechiceros y, mediante sus artes secretas, también los magos egipcios hicieron lo mismo:

12 Cada uno de ellos arrojó su vara al suelo, y cada vara se convirtió en una serpiente. Sin embargo, la vara de Aarón se tragó las varas de todos ellos.

13 A pesar de esto, y tal como lo había advertido el SEÑOR, el faraón endureció su corazón y no les hizo caso.

14 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés: «El corazón del faraón se ha obstinado, y se niega a dejar salir al pueblo.