And he said, When you do the duties of midwife to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod in your hand, and stretch forth your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood. And there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.

And the fish in the river died, and the river stank; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.

And He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

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For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

Wrath is merciless and anger sharp, but envy can bear nothing.

This [king] took advantage of our race, and oppressed our fathers, to make their babies exposed, in order that they might not preserve their lives.

Then the third [one] poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of water, and it became blood.

Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You gave them blood to drink. They deserve it."