Exodus 7:17-19

New King James Version

¹⁷ Thus says the Lord: “By this ^(A)you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and ^(B)they shall be turned ^(C)to blood. ¹⁸ And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will ^(D)loathe^[a] to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”

¹⁹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and ^(E)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.’ ”