Exodus 7:1-15

Bishops(i) 1 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: behold, I haue made thee Pharaos God: and Aaron thy brother shalbe thy prophete 2 Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao, that he sende the children of Israel out of his lande 3 And I will harden Pharaos heart, and multiplie my miracles & my wonders in the lande of Egypt 4 But Pharao shall not hearken vnto you, that I may set my hande vpon Egypt, and bryng out myne armies, and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the land of Egypt in great iudgmentes 5 And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt, and bryng out the children of Israel fro among them 6 Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them, [euen] so did they 7 Moyses was fourescore yere olde, and Aaron fourescore and three, when they spake vnto Pharao 8 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying 9 If Pharao speake vnto you, saying, shewe a miracle for you: thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharao, that it may be a serpent 10 Then went Moyses and Aaron in vnto Pharao, and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded: and Aaron caste foorth his rodde before Pharao, and before his seruauntes, and it [turned] to a serpent 11 Then Pharao called for the wyse men, and enchaunters: and those sorcerers of Egypt dyd in like maner with their sorcerie 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they [turned] to serpentes: but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes 13 And he helde Pharaos heart that he hearkened not vnto them, euen as the Lorde had sayde 14 The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses: Pharaos heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go 15 Get thee vnto Pharao in the morning, loe, he wyll come vnto the water, and thou shalt stand vpo the ryuers brincke agaynst he come: and the rodde whiche was turned to a serpent, shalt thou take in thyne hande