Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
Parallel translations
- KJV And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
- BSB And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
- NKJV And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river.
- NASB Seven days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.
- NLT Seven days passed from the time the Lord struck the Nile.
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Quick answer
Seven days pass after the Nile is struck. The interval marks God's patience before the next plague.
Overview
A full week elapses, indicating that the plague endured and that time was given before further judgment fell. This pause underscores God's measured dealings, allowing space for Pharaoh to relent. The recurring rhythm of warning, judgment, and opportunity reflects the patience of God, who is slow to anger and grants room for repentance before the next call comes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 10:23They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- 2 Sam 24:13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
- Exod 8:9–10Moses said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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