They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)

He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;

The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.

For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.

And I will make Pathros a waste, and put a fire in Zoan, and send my punishments on No.