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Significant biblical problems challenge the interpretation that God turned the Nile into actual blood. For example, Exodus 7:22 tells us that the Egyptian magicians were able to repeat the miracle. It seems unlikely the magicians would be able to turn water into literal blood.
It was a righteous plague, and justly sent upon the Egyptians; for Nile, the river of Egypt, was their idol. That creature which we idolize, God justly takes from us, or makes bitter to us. They had stained the river with the blood of the Hebrews' children, and now God made that river all blood.
Mar 11, 2001 · Now in verse 18, we are told that the result of the outstretched hand, the outstretched staff of Aaron is going to be death in the Nile. Whatever it means that the river would turn to blood, it is clear that it is going to be a supernatural event.
In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. 21 And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile.
How could the magicians turn water into blood if all the water was already turned into blood? It seems likely the explanation is found in verse 24; the Egyptians dug wells in and around the Nile in order to get fresh water.
The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs—and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.” New Living Translation
In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. 21 And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile.
