Exodus 7:12

For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

In Context

11Then Pharaoh called also for the wise men and sorcerers: and those charmers also of Egypt did in like maner with their enchantmens,

13So Pharaohs heart was hardened, and hee hearkened not to them, as the Lord had saide.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:18Nowe the enchanters assaied likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lyce, but they could not. So the lyce were vpon man and vpon beast.

Acts 8:9And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.

Acts 19:19Many also of them which vsed curious artes, brought their bookes, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fiftie thousand pieces of siluer.

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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