Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. + 7:11. Referenced Indirect Quote (2 Tim 3:8) names these specific magicians as Jannes and Jambres They also, the magicians of Egypt [Abode of slavery], did the same thing with their enchantments.

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In The King James Version

Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

In Context

10Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Adonai had enjoined: and Aaron [Light-bringer] cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron [Light-bringer]’s rod swallowed up their rods.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:38Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the breath mind Spirit of God?” (3)

Exodus 8:3and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:

Exodus 8:18The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.

Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 7:9-14

Magicians of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the… Read the whole commentary →

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