George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 7:17
My hand. The rod was in the hand of Moses, but he was God's agent. (Menochius)
My hand. The rod was in the hand of Moses, but he was God's agent. (Menochius)
Verse Exodus 7:17. _BEHOLD, I WILL SMITE_] Here commences the account of the TEN _plagues_ which were inflicted on the Egyptians by Moses and Aaron, by the command and through the power of God. Accord...
TURNED TO BLOOD - This miracle would bear a certain resemblance to natural phenomena, and therefore be one which Pharaoh might see with amazement and dismay, yet without complete conviction. It is wel...
4. THE NINE PLAGUES AND THE TENTH JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED CHAPTER 7:14-25 The First Plague _ 1. The plague announced (Exodus 7:14)_ 2. The judgment executed (Exodus 7:20) Nine judgment plagues follow, a...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
1°. WATER TURNED INTO BLOOD (Exodus 7:14 a J; Exodus 7:15 b E_ r_; Exodus 7:16 a J; Exodus 7:17 b, with the rod. hand, E;...
THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Exodus 4:22. RIVER. Probably the Nile canals....
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
IN THIS THOU SHALT KNOW, &C.— Words and signs had been hitherto unavailing with Pharaoh: Moses therefore is now commanded to stretch the awful rod of punishment over him; and to threaten him with such...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 7 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses. See, I have made thee as God to Pha-raoh; and Aar-on thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; an...
_AND THOU SHALT SAY UNTO HIM, THE LORD GOD OF THE HEBREWS HATH SENT ME UNTO THEE, SAYING, LET MY PEOPLE GO, THAT THEY MAY SERVE ME IN THE WILDERNESS: AND, BEHOLD, HITHERTO THOU WOULDEST NOT HEAR._ No...
THE ROD OF MOSES TURNED INTO A SERPENT. THE FIRST PLAGUE 1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16. THY PROPHET] A prophet is a spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In doing th...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Listen! Your brother, Aaron, w...
IN THIS THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD. — See the comment on Exodus 7:5. THE ROD THAT IS IN MY HAND, _i.e.,_ “in the hand of my servant.” God is here represented as about to do that which was act...
THE FIRST PLAGUE. (14-21) _THE WATER TURNED TO BLOOD._ — Moses had already been empowered to turn water into blood on a small scale (Exodus 4:9), and had exhibited his power before his own people (Exo...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּ זֹ֣את תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֖י
THE FIRST PLAGUE. Exodus 7:14. It was perhaps when the Nile was rising, and Pharaoh was coming to the bank, in pomp of state, to make official observation of its progress, on which the welfare of the...
SIGN OF THE WATERS TURNED TO BLOOD Exodus 7:14 Satan will mimic God's work up to a point. We are told that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses; but even then Moses' rod swallowed their rods. They were...
We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery o...
This is the first of the ten plagues with which the Lord visited Egypt: and a most awful one it was. I would just make one observation upon it; namely, that it is remarkable, that as the first punishm...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, IN THIS THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD,.... By the following instance of his power and vengeance: BEHOLD, I WILL SMITE WITH THE ROD THAT IS IN MY HAND; which though in the ha...
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that [is] in mine hand upon the waters which [are] in the river, and they shall be turned to blood....
1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His age. 8 His rod is turned into a Serpent. 11 The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaohs heart is hardened. 14 Gods message to Pharaoh. 19 The riuer is tu...
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood, not m...
THE PLAGUE OF BLOOD...
SECOND SECTION The miracles of Moses, or the result of the nine Egyptian Plagues, preliminary to the last. Pharaoh’s alternate repentance and obduracy Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 10:29 A. MOSES’ MIRACULOUS...
GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES (vs.1-7) Though Moses had protested that he was of uncircumcised lips, God assured him that He was making Moses a god to Pharaoh, therefore that Pharaoh would not be able to tot...
14-25 Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more...
Because thou saidst, _Who is the Lord?_ and, _I know not the Lord_, EXODUS 5:2, thou shalt know him experimentally, and to thy cost. _Behold, I will smite_, viz. by Aaron's hand, who shall do it by my...
11 These five Chapter s form one distinct section, the contents of which may be distributed into the three following divisions, namely, the ten judgements from the hand of Jehovah; the resistance of...
Exodus 7:17 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 know H3045 (H8799) LORD H3068 strike H5221 (H8688) waters...
(For an introduction to the plagues, see the Chapter Comments). THE FIRST PLAGUE - THE NILE IS TURNED INTO ‘BLOOD' (EXODUS 7:14). a Yahweh says that Pharaoh's heart is stubborn so that he will not...
CONTENTS: Contest with Pharaoh. First plague. Water turned to blood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, magician. CONCLUSION: We see God's almighty power, the unstability of all things under th...
Exodus 7:1. _I have made thee a god._ אלהים _Elohim._ The Chaldaic renders it תחי ליה לרב Thou shalt be to him for a prince. The divine sense of the word is, I have invested thee with Godlike powers t...
_They shall be turned to blood._ THE RIVER WHICH WAS TURNED INTO BLOOD I. The river. Has received various names. “The river of Egypt” (Genesis 15:18); Sihor (Job 13:3); Shihor (1 Chronicles 13:5). Di...
EXODUS 7:8 Plagues and Exodus 1:1. This section includes the initial sign that Moses and Aaron perform before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:8), the first nine plag
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 7:14_ THE RIVER TURNED INTO BLOOD; OR, MAN’S CHIEF PLEASURE AND PRIDE MADE THE MEDIUM OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. THAT DIVINE RETRIBUTIONS ARE SENT WHEN OTHER...
EXPOSITION THE FIRST PLAGUE. The first miracle had been exhibited, and had failed. It had been a mere "sign,'' and in no respect a "judgment." Now the "judgments ' were to begin. God manifests himself...
And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Phara...
thou shalt Exodus 7:5 Exodus 5:2 Exodus 6:7 1 Samuel 17:46 1 Samuel 17:47...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...