## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 7

###### Onkelos Exodus 7:1
[Onkelos Exodus 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:1)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה חֲזֵי **מַנֵּיתָךְ רַב** לְפַרְעֹה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחוּךְ יְהֵי מְתֻרְגְּמָנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “See, I have made [**appointed**] you a god [**master**] to Pharaoh, and Aharon, your brother will be your spokesman.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:2
[Onkelos Exodus 7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:2)

אַתְּ תְּמַלֵּל יָת כָּל דִּי אֲפַקְּדִנָּךְ וְאַהֲרֹן אָחוּךְ יְמַלֵּל עִם פַּרְעֹה וִישַׁלַּח יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְעֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You will speak all that I command you and Aharon, your brother, will speak to Pharaoh, that he send the B’nei Yisrael out of his land.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:3
[Onkelos Exodus 7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:3)

וַאֲנָא אַקְשֵׁי יָת לִבָּא דְפַרְעֹה וְאַסְגֵּיתִי יָת אַתְוָתַי וְיָת מוֹפְתַי בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, [in order to] increase My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:4
[Onkelos Exodus 7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:4)

וְלָא **יְקַבֵּל** מִנְּכוֹן פַּרְעֹה וְאֶתֵּן יָת **מָחַת גְּבֻרְתִּי** בְּמִצְרָיִם וְאַפֵּיק יָת חֵילִי יָת עַמִּי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם בְּדִינִין רַבְרְבִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[Thus] Pharaoh will not listen to [**accept**] you. But then I will display My hand [**the blow of My power**] against Egypt, and I will bring My multitude, My people, the B’nei Yisrael out of the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:5
[Onkelos Exodus 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:5)

וְיִדְּעוּן מִצְרַיִם אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ כַּד אָרֵים יָת **מָחַת גְּבֻרְתִּי** עַל מִצְרָיִם וְאַפֵּיק יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִבֵּינֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Egypt will then know that I am Adonoy when I send forth My hand [**the blow of My power**] over Egypt and bring out the B’nei Yisrael from among them.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:6
[Onkelos Exodus 7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:6)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כְּמָא דִפַקִּיד יְיָ יָתְהוֹן כֵּן עֲבָדוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Aharon did so. They did exactly as Adonoy commanded them.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:7
[Onkelos Exodus 7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:7)

וּמשֶׁה בַּר תְּמָנָן שְׁנִין וְאַהֲרֹן בַּר תְּמָנָן וּתְלָת שְׁנִין בְּמַלָּלוּתְהוֹן עִם פַּרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe was eighty years old and Aharon was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:8
[Onkelos Exodus 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:8)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וּלְאַהֲרֹן לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe and Aharon, saying:


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:9
[Onkelos Exodus 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:9)

אֲרֵי יְמַלֵּל לְוָתְכוֹן פַּרְעֹה לְמֵימַר הָבוּ לְכוֹן אָתָא וְתֵימַר לְאַהֲרֹן סַב יָת חוּטְרָךְ וּרְמֵי קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה יְהִי לְתַנִּינָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Give yourselves [credibility by displaying] a marvel;’ you [Moshe] should then say to Aharon, ‘Take your rod and throw it down before Pharaoh.’ It will become a serpent.’”


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:10
[Onkelos Exodus 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:10)

וְעַל משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן לְוָת פַּרְעֹה וַעֲבָדוּ כֵן כְּמָא דְּפַקֵּיד יְיָ וּרְמָא אַהֲרֹן יָת חוּטְרֵיהּ קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה וְקָדָם עַבְדּוֹהִי וַהֲוָה לְתַנִּינָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Aharon came to Pharaoh and they did exactly as Adonoy commanded [them]. Aharon threw his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants and it became a serpent.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:11
[Onkelos Exodus 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:11)

וּקְרָא אַף פַּרְעֹה לְחַכִּימַיָּא וּלְחָרָשַׁיָּא וַעֲבָדוּ אַף אִנּוּן חָרָשֵׁי מִצְרַיִם בְּלַחֲשֵׁיהוֹן כֵּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh too called [his] wise men and magicians. The sorcerers of Egypt also did likewise with their magic art.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:12
[Onkelos Exodus 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:12)

וּרְמוֹ גְּבַר חוּטְרֵיהּ וַהֲווֹ לְתַנִּינַיָּא וּבְלַע חֻטְרָא דְאַהֲרֹן יָת חֻטְרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When each man threw down his rod they (the rods) became serpents, and Aharon’s rod swallowed their rods.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:13
[Onkelos Exodus 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:13)

וְאִתַּקַּף לִבָּא דְפַרְעֹה וְלָא **קַבִּיל** מִנְּהוֹן כְּמָא דִּמַלִּיל יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh’s heart [remained] hard and he did not listen to [**accept**] them, just as Adonoy had foretold.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:14
[Onkelos Exodus 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:14)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה אִתְיַקַּר (לפרש"י יַקִּיר) לִבָּא דְפַרְעֹה סָרִיב לְשַׁלָּחָא עַמָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Pharaoh’s heart is heavy [unmoved]. He refuses to let the people go.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:15
[Onkelos Exodus 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:15)

אִזֵּיל לְוָת פַּרְעֹה בְּצַפְרָא הָא נָפֵיק לְמַיָּא וְתִתְעַתַּד לְקַדָּמוּתֵיהּ עַל כֵּיף נַהֲרָא וְחֻטְרָא דְּאִתְהֲפִיךְ לְחִוְיָא תִּסַּב בִּידָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water, and stand there to meet him by the bank of the river. The rod that was turned into a snake, take in your hand.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:16
[Onkelos Exodus 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:16)

וְתֵימַר לֵיהּ יְיָ אֱלָהָא דִיהוּדָאֵי שַׁלְּחַנִי לְוָתָךְ לְמֵימַר שַׁלַּח יָת עַמִּי וְיִפְלְחוּן **קֳדָמַי** בְּמַדְבְּרָא וְהָא לָא **קַבֵּילְתָּא** עַד כְּעָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Say to him, “Adonoy, God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say [to you], ‘Send out My people that they may worship [**before**] Me in the wilderness. Behold, thus far you have not listened [**accepted**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:17
[Onkelos Exodus 7:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:17)

כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ בְּדָא תִדַּע אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ הָא אֲנָא מָחֵי בְּחֻטְרָא דִּי בִידִי עַל מַיָּא דִּי בְנַהֲרָא וְיִתְהַפְּכוּן לִדְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This is what Adonoy has said, ‘By this you will know that I am Adonoy. Behold, with the rod that is in my hand, I will strike the water of the river and it will turn into blood.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:18
[Onkelos Exodus 7:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:18)

וְנוּנֵי דִי בְנַהֲרָא תְּמוּת וּסְרִי נַהֲרָא וְיִלְאוּן מִצְרָאֵי לְמִשְׁתֵּי מַיָּא מִן נַהֲרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The fish that is in the river will die, and the river will become polluted. The Egyptians will weary themselves [trying to purify] drinking water from the river.’”


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:19
[Onkelos Exodus 7:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:19)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה אֱמַר לְאַהֲרֹן טוֹל חֻטְרָךְ וַאֲרֵים יְדָךְ עַל מַיָּא דְמִצְרַיִם עַל נַהֲרֵיהוֹן עַל אֲרִתֵּיהוֹן וְעַל אַגְמֵיהוֹן וְעַל כָּל בֵּית כְּנִישׁוּת מֵימֵיהוֹן וִיהוֹן דְּמָא וִיהֵי דְמָא בְּכָל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּבְמָנֵי אָעָא וּבְמָנֵי אַבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Say to Aharon, ‘Take your rod and extend your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, over their canals, over their lakes, and over every place where their water is gathered, and it [the water] will become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, [even] in [vessels] of wood and [vessels] of stone.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:20
[Onkelos Exodus 7:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:20)

וַעֲבָדוּ כֵן משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כְּמָא דְּפַקִּיד יְיָ וַאֲרֵים בְּחֻטְרָא וּמְחָא יָת מַיָּא דִּי בְנַהֲרָא לְעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּלְעֵינֵי עַבְדּוֹהִי וְאִתְהֲפִיכוּ כָּל מַיָּא דִּי בְנַהֲרָא לִדְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Aharon did exactly as Adonoy commanded them. He [Aharon] lifted the rod and struck the water in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his [Pharaoh’s] servants, and all the water of the river turned into blood.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:21
[Onkelos Exodus 7:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:21)

וְנוּנֵי דִי בְנַהֲרָא מִיתוּ וּסְרִי נַהֲרָא וְלָא יְכִילוּ מִצְרָאֵי לְמִשְׁתֵּי מַיָּא מִן נַהֲרָא וַהֲוָה דְמָא בְּכָל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The fish that were in the river died, and the river became so polluted that the Egyptians were unable to drink the water from the river. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:22
[Onkelos Exodus 7:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:22)

וַעֲבָדוּ כֵן חָרָשֵׁי מִצְרַיִם בְּלַחֲשֵׁיהוֹן וְאִתַּקַּף לִבָּא דְפַרְעֹה וְלָא קַבֵּיל מִנְּהוֹן כְּמָא דִּמַלִּיל יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The sorcerers of Egypt did likewise with their magic art. Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened and he did not listen to [**accept**] them, just as Adonoy had spoken.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:23
[Onkelos Exodus 7:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:23)

וְאִתְפְּנִי פַרְעֹה וְעַל לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְלָא שַׁוִּי לִבֵּיהּ אַף לְדָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and paid no attention even to this [miracle].


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:24
[Onkelos Exodus 7:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:24)

וַחֲפָרוּ כָל מִצְרָאֵי סַחֲרָנוּת נַהֲרָא מַיָּא לְמִשְׁתֵּי אֲרֵי לָא יְכִילוּ לְמִשְׁתֵּי מִמַּיָּא דְּנַהֲרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, for they could not drink from the waters of the river.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:25
[Onkelos Exodus 7:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:25)

וְאַשְׁלֵם שִׁבְעַת יוֹמִין בָּתַר דִּמְחָא יְיָ יָת נַהֲרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Seven full days [passed] after Adonoy had struck the river.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:26
[Onkelos Exodus 7:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:26)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה עוּל לְוָת פַּרְעֹה וְתֵימַר לֵיהּ כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ שַׁלַּח יָת עַמִּי וְיִפְלְחוּן **קֳדָמָי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what Adonoy has said, “Send out my people so they may worship [**before**] Me.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:27
[Onkelos Exodus 7:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:27)

וְאִם סָרִיב אַתְּ לְשַׁלָּחָא הָא אֲנָא **מָחֵי** יָת כָּל תְּחוּמָךְ בְּעֻרְדְּעָנַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you refuse to send [them,] behold I will plague [**smite**] all your borders [territories] with frogs.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:28
[Onkelos Exodus 7:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:28)

וִירַבֵּי נַהֲרָא עֻרְדְּעָנַיָּא וְיִסְּקוּן וְיֶעֱלוּן בְּבֵיתָךְ וּבְאִדְּרוֹן בֵּית מִשְׁכְּבָךְ וְעַל עַרְסָךְ וּבְבֵית עַבְדָּיךְ וּבְעַמָּךְ וּבְתַנּוּרָךְ וּבְאַצְוָתָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The river will swarm with frogs. They will emerge and come into your house, into your bedroom, and on your bed, into the houses of your servants and your people, into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.


###### Onkelos Exodus 7:29
[Onkelos Exodus 7:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/7:29)

וּבָךְ וּבְעַמָּךְ וּבְכָל עַבְדָּיךְ יִסְּקוּן עֻרְדְּעָנַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants the frogs will emerge.