8. And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9. “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Do a wonder for yourselves,’ you will say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.’ ”
10. And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. And Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a snake.
11. And Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did likewise with their secret arts.
12. Each threw down his staff, and they became snakes, and Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
13. And Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had said.
14. And Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is insensitive; he refuses to release the people.
15. Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Look, he is going out to the water, and you must wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile, and you must take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.