But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.

And the fish in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river. And there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

And all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice upon man and upon beast.

And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boil was upon the priests and upon all the Egyptians.

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not stay, neither had they prepared any food for a journey for themselves.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, because it was bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.