出エジプト記 7:22-23 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood, which was, 1. A dreadful plague, and very grievous. The very sight of such vast rolling streams of blood, pure blood no doubt, florid and high-colored, could not but strike a horror upon people: much more afflictive were the consequences of it. Nothing more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that that which is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life should be cheap,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:22

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments ,.... Who were either in company with Pharaoh and his nobles, or were immediately sent for to try their art, and confront Moses and Aaron with it; and who very probably got a little water in a vessel, and by some juggling trick imposing upon, and deceiving the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, made it look like blood; and the devil might help them to a sufficient quantity of blood, and discolour the water with it, and make it appear... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:23

And Pharaoh turned, and went into his house ,.... Turned away from Moses and Aaron, and turned back from the river to which he came, and went to his palace in the city; it being perhaps now about dinner time, when all before related had passed: neither did he set his heart to this also : had no regard to this miracle of turning the waters into blood, as well as he had none to the rod being turned into a serpent, and devouring the rods of the magicians; he neither considered the one nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

And the magicians - did so - But if all the water in Egypt was turned into blood by Moses, where did the magicians get the water which they changed into blood? This question is answered in Exodus 7:24 . The Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, and it seems that the water obtained by this means was not bloody like that in the river: on this water therefore the magicians might operate. Again, though a general commission was given to Moses, not only to turn the waters of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

Verse 22 22.And the magicians of Egypt did so. A question arises as to how the magicians could imitate Moses, when the material to work upon no longer remained; for, if there were no water left in Egypt, its transmutation was impossible. But I have no doubt but that, for the purpose of their illusion, pure and clear waters appeared for a little while, and then were changed into blood. For, since the season for concluding the contests was not yet arrived, doubtless God opened a way for Himself,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:23

Verse 23 23.And Pharaoh turned. In this word Moses teaches us that the hardness of heart, to which God had devote Pharaoh, was voluntary; so that the sin rested in himself, nor did the secret appointment of God avail anything to lessen his culpability, for his folly is condemned, because he did not “set his heart to this also.” Whence it follows that he was the author of his own obstinacy, because, being blinded by pride and contempt, he took no account of the glory of God. Thus the wicked,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Nile turned into blood. The first of the series of plagues which fell on Egypt was of a truly terrific character. At the stretching out of the red of Aaron, the broad, swift-flowing current of. the rising Nile suddenly assumed the hue and qualities of blood. The stroke fell also on the reservoirs, canals, and ponds. Whatever connection may be traced between this plague and natural phenomena (see Hengstenberg) it is plain that it stood on an entirely different footing from changes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The first plague: the water turned to blood. I. THE PLACE WHERE MOSES WAS TO MEET PHARAOH . Moses was not always to be put to it to find his entrance into the palace. God can arrange things so that Pharaoh shall come to meet him. The instructions given to Moses at once call to our minds how Pharaoh's daughter, eighty years before, had come down to the river to find and protect a helpless babe, and how that same babe—having passed through many chequered years, and many... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The water turned into blood. I. THE PUNISHMENT . There were two elements in it. 1. The deprivation: water, one of the most essential of all God's gifts, was suddenly made useless. 2 . The horror. Had all the water of Egypt suddenly disappeared, the punishment had been infinitely less. Instead of water, there was blood and corruption. 3 . It was a judgment on Egypt's idolatry. The things we set in God's stead will be made an abomination and a horror to us. 4 . It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:22

The magicians of Egypt did so . They could not do what Moses and Aaron had done—stretch out, that is, a rod over the Nile, and turn it and all its branches, and ponds, and pools, into blood, for this was already done. They could only show their skill upon some small quantity of water in a cup or other vessel. No doubt they produced some apparent change, which was accepted by Pharaoh as an equivalent to what had been effected by the Israelite chiefs, but which must have fallen far short of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:22

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