17 Thus says the Lord, “By this ^dyou shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and ^eit shall turn into blood. 18 The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will ^fgrow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’”

22 But ^kthe magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So ^lPharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as ^mthe Lord had said.