Bible verse
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
Exodus 7:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 7.
8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
16 Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.
KJV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
ASV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
ERV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
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