Exodus 7:19 - Exposition

Say unto Aaron . There is an omission here (and generally throughout the account of the plagues) of the performance by Moses of God's behest. The Samaritan Pentateuch in each case supplies the omission. It has been argued (Kennicott) that the Hebrew narrative has been contracted; but most critics agree that the incomplete form is the early one, and that, in the Samar. version, the original narrative has been expanded. The waters of Egypt … streams … rivers … ponds … pools of water . The waters of Lower Egypt, where this miracle was wrought, consisted of