Exodus 8:22
And I will make the land of Gessen wherein my people is, wonderful in that lay, so that flies shall not be there: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.
Cross References
Exodus 7:17Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rods that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood.
Exodus 9:4And the Lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of Israel.
Exodus 9:26Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
Exodus 10:23No man saw his brother, nor moved himself out of the place where he was: but wheresoever the children of Israel dwelt there was light.
Exodus 12:13And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be: and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you: and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.
Psalms 110:2The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:21-32
20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in… Read the whole commentary →