Darkness That Could Be Felt

Yahweh said he would show his signs so that Moses could tell his son and his son's son what God had done, that you may know that I am Yahweh. Moses asked Pharaoh, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Pharaoh's servants said, Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed? Pharaoh offered to let only the men go and drove Moses out.

An east wind blew all day and night, and in the morning it brought locusts. They covered the face of the whole earth so the land was darkened, and they ate every plant and fruit the hail had left. Pharaoh admitted he had sinned and asked them to forgive his sin this once. Yahweh sent a west wind that drove the locusts into the Red Sea. But Pharaoh did not let Israel go.

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all Egypt for three days, darkness that could be felt. They didn't see one another, but all Israel had light in their homes. Pharaoh said they could go, but their flocks and herds must stay. Moses said, Our livestock also shall go with us. Pharaoh told Moses never to see his face again. Moses said, You have spoken well.