Vaeira 7:17 · EXTRA 1 — the water shall turn to blood EXTRA

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The Complete Passuk

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּזֹ֣את תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַכֶּ֣ה ׀ בַּמַּטֶּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֗י עַל־הַמַּ֛יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּיְאֹ֖ר וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ לְדָֽם׃

Thus says GOD, “By this you shall know that I am GOD.” See, I shall strike the water in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood;

Chabad.org — 7:17

Source Citation

Shemos Rabbah 7:5 — EXTRA.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ונהפכו לדם —\ldots מדה כנגד מדה, ששפכו דם ישראל.

English: “And they shall turn to blood” — \ldots measure for measure, for they spilled the blood of Israel.

On the midrash / in context: The first plague answers the drowning of the Hebrew infants.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the plague of blood was measure-for-measure for the blood of the infants.