26. The region of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was the only place where there was no hail.
27. The king sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and my people and I are in the wrong.
28. Pray to the Lord! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer.”
29. Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will lift up my hands in prayer to the Lord. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.
30. But I know that you and your officials do not yet fear the Lord God.”
31. The flax and the barley were ruined, because the barley was ripe, and the flax was budding.