Éxodo 7:1-6

1 La vara de Aarón se convierte en serpiente
Entonces el Señor
le dijo a Moisés: «Presta mucha atención a lo que voy a decir. Yo haré que para el faraón parezcas como Dios, y tu hermano Aarón, será tu profeta.

2 Dile a Aarón todo lo que yo te mande, y Aarón deberá ordenarle al faraón que deje salir de su territorio al pueblo de Israel.

3 Sin embargo, haré que el corazón del faraón se ponga terco, para poder multiplicar mis señales milagrosas y mis maravillas en la tierra de Egipto.

4 Aun así, el faraón se negará a escucharte; por eso alzaré mi puño contra Egipto. Luego rescataré a mis ejércitos —a mi pueblo, los israelitas— de la tierra de Egipto con grandes actos de juicio.

5 Cuando levante mi mano poderosa y saque a los israelitas, los egipcios sabrán que yo soy el Señor
».

6 Así que Moisés y Aarón hicieron tal como el Señor
les mandó.

Éxodo 7:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 7

Moses and Aaron are ordered to go to Pharaoh, and require the dismission of the people of Israel, but they are told before hand that Pharaoh's heart would be hardened, and would refuse to let them go, until the hand of the Lord was stretched out, and great judgments were brought down upon, Egypt, and then they should come forth, Ex 7:1-5, which orders Moses and Aaron obeyed, and their age is observed, when this was done, Ex 7:6,7 and they are bid to work a miracle, when Pharaoh should demand one, by turning a rod into a serpent, which they did; but Pharaoh's magicians doing the same in appearance, his heart was hardened, Ex 7:8-14 and then they are directed to meet him at the river, and require the same as before; and if he refused, to smite the waters of the river with the rod, and turn them into blood, which they did, Ex 7:15-21, but Pharaoh's magicians doing the same by enchantments, he did not regard it, though the plague lasted seven days, Ex 7:22-25.