31. (The flax and the barley were ruined, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was in bloom.
32. Neither the wheat nor the wild grain was damaged, because they ripen later.)
33. As soon as he left Pharaoh and went out of the city, Moses spread out his hands to the Lord in prayer. The thunder and the hail stopped, and no more rain came pouring down on the ground.
34. When Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his officials continued to be stubborn.
35. Pharaoh was stubborn and would not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.