So the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
Exodus 9:3 - Easy To Read Version then the Lord will use his power against your animals in the fields. The Lord will cause all of your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, and sheep to become sick with a terrible disease. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, the hand of the Lord [will fall] upon your livestock which are out in the field, upon the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds and the flocks; there shall be a very severe plague. American Standard Version (1901) behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain. Common English Bible the LORD will send a very deadly disease on your livestock in the field: on horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, and flocks. Catholic Public Domain Version behold, my hand will be over your fields. And a very grievous pestilence will be upon the horses, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the oxen, and the sheep. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields: and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep. |
So the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
But God, stop punishing me.\par You will destroy me if you don’t stop!\par
Then Aaron and Moses said, “The God of the Hebrew [42] people has talked with us. So we beg you to let us travel three days into the desert. There we will offer a sacrifice [43] to the Lord our God. If we don’t do this, he might become angry and destroy us. He might make us die from sickness or war.”
So then I will punish Egypt very much. And I will lead my people out of that land.
So the magicians told Pharaoh that the power of God did this. But Pharaoh refused to listen to them. This happened just like the Lord had said.
“I sent diseases against you, like I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with swords. I took away your horses. I made your camp smell very bad \{from all the dead bodies\}. But still you didn’t come back to me \{for help\}.” The Lord said those things.
Now the Lord will touch you and you will be blind. For a time you will not be able to see anything—not even the light from the sun.”
Watch the wagon. If the wagon goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, then the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if the cows do not go straight to Beth Shemesh, then we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. We will know that our sickness just happened.”