Lightfoot (q) thinks since this was frequent in the Nile, the river of Egypt, where the Hebrew infants had been cast, and into whose devouring jaws they fell, and which also was an Egyptian deity (r).
Into the palace of Pharaoh boldly, and with intrepidity, clothed with such power and authority, and assured of success:Īnd they did as the Lord had commanded they demanded in his name the dismission of the children of Israel, and upon his requiring a miracle to confirm their mission, wrought one as follows:Īnd Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and it became a serpent: or a 'dragon', as the Septuagint version this word is sometimes used of great whales, Genesis 1:21 and of the crocodile, Ezekiel 29:3 and it is very likely the crocodile is meant here, as Dr. Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh.
