Exodus 8:22

And in that day I shall make wonderful the land of Goshen, in which my people is, that flies be not there; and that thou know that I am the Lord in the midst of [the] earth; (But on that day I shall protect the land of Goshen, where my people be, so that there shall be no flies there; and so that thou shalt know that I, the Lord, am in the midst of the land;)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

In Context

21that if thou wilt not deliver the people (or but if thou wilt not let the people go), lo! I shall send into thee, and into thy servants, and into thy people, and into thine houses, all the kind (s) of flies; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full-filled with flies of diverse kinds, and all the land in which they shall be.

23and I shall set parting betwixt my people and thy people; this sign shall be tomorrow (or this miracle shall come tomorrow).

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Cross References

Exodus 7:17Therefore the Lord saith these things, In this thou shalt know, that I am the Lord; lo! I shall smite with the rod, that is in mine hand, the water of the flood, and it shall be turned into blood, (or behold! I shall strike the water of this River with the staff, that is in my hand, and that water shall be turned into blood);

Exodus 9:4and the Lord shall make a marvellous thing betwixt the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians (or and the Lord shall make a distinction between the Israelites’ possessions and the Egyptians’ possessions), (so) that utterly nothing perish of these things that pertain to the sons of Israel.

Exodus 9:26only the hail felled not in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were. (and only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, no hail fell or there was no hail.)

Exodus 10:23and in three days no man saw his brother, neither moved himself from that place in which he was. Wherever the children of Israel dwelled, light was. ( and for three days no one saw their brother, nor moved themselves from where they were. But there was light wherever the Israelites were.)

Exodus 12:13Forsooth [the] blood shall be to you into (a) sign, in the houses in which ye shall be; and I shall see the blood, and I shall pass (over) you; neither a wound destroying shall be in you, when I shall smite the land of Egypt. (And the blood on the houses in which ye shall be, shall be a sign of you; and I shall see the blood, and I shall pass over you; and there shall be no destroying wound inflicted upon you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.)

Psalms 110:2The Lord shall send out from Zion the rod of thy virtue; be thou lord in the midst of thine enemies. (The Lord shall send out from Zion the sceptre, or the symbol, of thy strength; and thou shalt be the lord, or the ruler, 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 →

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