John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 7:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the fish that is in the river shall die, etc.] Their element being changed, and they not able to live in any other but water: and the river shall stink; with the blood, into which it should be congealed, and with the putrefied bodies of fishes floating in it: and the Egyptians shall loath to drink of the water of the river; the very colour of it, looking like blood, would set them against it, and create a nausea in them; or “shall be weary” f205, tired of drinking it in a little time, through the loathsomeness of it; or be weary in digging about it, (<020724>Exodus 7:24) to get some clear water to drink of; or in seeking to find out ways and methods to cure the waters, that so they might be fit to drink of, as Jarchi interprets it.

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