Passage Research
Exodus 7 — Sermon Preparation
Aaron's staff becomes a serpent before Pharaoh, and the first plague turns the Nile to blood, but Pharaoh's heart remains hard. 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.
- 29
- verses
- 418 / 122
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- 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.
“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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