They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Parallel translations
- WEB They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- KJV They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- BSB They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- NKJV They performed His signs among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
- NASB They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
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Quick answer
Moses and Aaron performed God's signs and wonders in Egypt. It matters because the miracles proved God's power over Egypt and its gods.
Overview
The plagues and accompanying signs displayed the Lord's authority before Pharaoh (Exodus 7-11). Performed 'in the land of Ham,' they confronted Egypt's might and idols. These wonders revealed the true and living God, who acts in history to save His people and judge those who oppose Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 78:43–51how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
- Neh 9:10–11and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
- Jer 32:20–21who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as it is today;
- Isa 63:11–12Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”
- Ps 105:23Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
- Ps 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
- Ps 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
- Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Ps 135:8–9Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
- Exod 7:1–11Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
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