◄ Exodus 7:24 ►
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Good News Translation
All the Egyptians dug along the bank of the river for drinking water, because they were not able to drink water from the river.

New Revised Standard Version
And all the Egyptians had to dig along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the river.

Contemporary English Version
The Egyptians had to dig holes along the banks of the Nile for drinking water, because water from the river was unfit to drink.

New American Bible
All the Egyptians had to dig round about the Nile for drinking water, since they could not drink any water from the Nile.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

for they

Exodus 7:18-21 And the fishes that are in the river, shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river. . . .

Context
The First Plague: Blood
…23And he turned himself away, and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also. 24And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.25And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.…
Cross References
Exodus 7:18
And the fishes that are in the river, shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.

Exodus 7:23
And he turned himself away, and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

Exodus 7:25
And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.

Exodus 7:23
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