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Exodus 7:25
And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the conclusion of the first plague cycle after Yahweh struck the Nile, following the Egyptians' failed attempt to find drinking water along its banks.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּמָּלֵא (va.yi.malē') means "it was completed" or "filled up," paired with שִׁבְעַת יָמִים (shiv'at yāmîm, "seven days") to mark a precise, divinely appointed duration.
The thread — This measured timeframe establishes a pattern of divinely appointed periods that reappears in Exodus 8:9 and Exodus 10:23, where specific durations govern subsequent judgments.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God's judgments operate on His own schedule, requiring patience rather than impatience or manipulation when waiting for divine resolution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.
Cross-references
- Exodus 8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
- Exodus 10:23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”