Exodus 7:12

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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land ruled by Pharaoh, where Israel was enslaved and where Moses confronted royal power with God’s command to release them. The Nile, Egypt’s life-giving river, underscores the setting’s dependence on Egypt’s gods and resources as Aaron’s staff swallowed the magicians’ staffs.

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Exodus 7:12 mentions Egypt and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato