“The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”’””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 7 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.