Exodus 9:26
Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 8:19And the magicians said to Pharao This is the finger of God. And Pharao heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.
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 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.
Jeremiah 23:6In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: the Lord our just one.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:23-35
22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since… Read the whole commentary →