THE FIRST PLAGUE:WATER TURNED TO BLOOD

The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood. Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know and recognize and acknowledge that I am the LORD: look, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.

MAKING BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW

Making Bricks Without Straw. The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,
“You will no longer give the people straw to make brick as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

GOD’S PROMISES OVERCOME MOSES’ RELUCTANCE

God’s Promises Overcome Moses’ Reluctance. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled and burned against Moses; He said, “Is there not your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. Also, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be overjoyed.