The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The herte of Pharao is hardened of God. The greshoppers. The thycke darnesse.

CAPI. X.

ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: go in [unspec A] vnto Pharao: For I haue hardened his herte, & the herte of his seruauntes, that I myght put these my sygnes amongest them, and that thou tel in the audience of thy sonne, and of thy sonnes son / what thynges I haue done in Egypt, & the myracles which I haue done among them: that ye may know howe that I am the Lorde. And so Moses / & Aaron came vnto Pharao, and sayde vnto hym: Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the He∣brues: how longe shal it be or thou wylt sub∣myt thy selfe vnto me? Let my people god that they maye serue me. Dr els, ❀ (yf thou do resyst,) and wylte not let my people go: be∣holde, to morowe wyl I brynge greshoppers into thy coostes, and they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be sene / and they shal eate the residewe whiche remayneth vn∣to you and is escaped frō the hayle: and they shall eate euery grene tree that beareth you [unspec B] fruyte in the felde, & they shal fyl thy houses, and all thy seruaūtes houses, and the houses of al the Egyptians after suche a maner, as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene / synce the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day. And he turned himselfe aboute, and went out from Pharao.

And Pharaos seruaūtes sayd vnto hym: Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs? Let the men go, that they may serue the lorde theyr god: knowest thou not yet that Egypte is destroyed? And Moses, and Aaron were brought agayne vnto Pharao, and he sayde vnto them. Go and serue the lorde your god. Who are they that shal go? And Moses ans∣wered: we wyll go with our younge, and with our olde: yea and with our sonnes / and with our doughters, and with our shepe, and with our oxen must we god: For we muste holde a feast vnto the Lorde.

And he sayde vnto them: let it be so. The [unspec C] Lorde be with you. When I let you go, and your chyldrē also: take hede, for ye haue some myscheyfe in hande. Naye not so: but go they that are men and serue the lorde, for that was your desyre. And they thrust thē out of Pha∣raos presence. And the Lorde sayd vnto Mo¦ses: Stretch out thy hande, ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers, that they may come

vpon the lande of Egypte, and eate all the herbes of the lande, & all that the hayle lefte behynde. And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt, & the lorde brought an East wynde vpon the lande / all that daye and all that nyght.

And in the mornynge the East wynde [unspec D] brought the greshoppers / and the greshop pers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypte, & remayned in all quarters of Egypt very gre¦uously: Before them were there no such gres∣hoppers, neyther after them shalbe, for they couered all the face of the earth, so that the lande was darke. And they dyd eate all the herbes of the lande, and al the fruytes of the trees, & whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte: there was no grene thynge lefte in the trees, & her∣bes of the felde thorow al the land of Egypt.

Therfore Pharao called for Moses, and Aaron in haste, and sayde: I haue synned a∣gaynst [unspec E] the lorde your god / and agaynst you. And nowe forgyue me my Synne onely this once, and praye vnto the Lorde your god, that he may take awaye frō me ☞ this death onely. And Moses went out from Pharao / and prayed vnto the Lorde, and the Lorde turned a myghtye stronge west wynde, and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast them into the redde see; so that there was not one greshopper in al the coost of Egypt. And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte, so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go.

And the lorde sayd vnto Moses: Stretch [unspec F] out thy hande vnto heuen, that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt: darkenesse whiche may be felte. And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heuen, and there was a thycke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypte, thre dayes longe, no man sawe another, ney∣ther rose vp from the place where he was by the space of thre dayes, but all the chyldrē of Israel had lyght where they dwelled.

And Pharao called for Moses and sayd: go, and serue the Lorde, onely let your shepe, and your oxen abyde, and let youre chyldren go with you. And Moses sayde: thou muste gyue vs also offeryng{is} and burntoffrynges, for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God: our cattel also shal go with vs, and there shal not one hooffe be lefte behynde, for therof muste [unspec G] we take to serue the lorde our God. Neyther do we knowe, what we shall offre vnto the Lorde, vntyll we come thyther.

But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte, and he wolde not let them goo. And Pharao sayde vnto hym: get the from me, and take hede to thy selfe / and se my face no more.

For when soeuer thou comest in my syght / thou shalte dye. And Moses sayde: Let it be as thou hast sayde: I wyl se thy face no more.

Notes

• Exod. iiii. t
• Exodi. 8. ••. and i••, a
• Psal. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. c Sapi. xvi b Iohe. i. ••.
• Exodi. ix. ••.
• Exodi. 4. ••.
• Sapi. 17. a.