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Exodus 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Exodus 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Exodus 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְאֹר yᵉʼôr H2975 15 channel, Nile
פַּרְעֹה Parʻôh H6547 17 Paroh
אַהֲרוֹן ʼAhărôwn H175 11 Aharon
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh H4294 9 branch, extending
מַיִם mayim H4325 10 water, juice
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim H4714 9 Mitsrajim
מֹשֶׁה Môsheh H4872 9 Mosheh

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that what is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life, should be cheap and almost every where to be had; but now the Egyptians must either drink blood, or die for thirst. Egypt was a pleasant land, but the dead fish and blood now rendered it very unpleasant. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 7:14–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Ex 7:11
  • Nile — Ex 7:15

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