| And G-d spoke to Moshe (Moses) and said to him: I am G-d. And I appeared to Avraham (Abraham), to Yitzkhak (Isaac), and Ya’akov (Jacob), as “El Shaddai” but I did not make myself known to them by my name, Hashem. | Vayedaber El-kim el Moshe vayomer eilav: ani Asoshem. Va’eira el Avraham, el Yitzkhak, ve-el Ya’akov, be’eil shadai, ushmi Hashem, lo noda’ati lahem. | וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹ-ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי הֹ’׃ וָאֵרָא אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אֶל־יִצְחָק וְאֶל־יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וּשְׁמִי ה’ לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם׃ |
Moses and Aaron Approach Pharoah

Aaron, to show proof of the message comes from G-d, follows G-d’s instructions and throws down his staff,

which turns into a snake.

Pharaoh’s magicians show they can do the same.

But even when Aaron’s snake eats theirs,

Pharaoh refuses to let us go to the desert to worship G-d. The 10 plagues follow…











