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In the Book of Exodus, the Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: מכות מצרים ) are ten disasters that Yahweh inflicts on the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to emancipate the enslaved Israelites, each of them confronting the Pharaoh and one of his Egyptian gods; [1] they serve as "signs and marvels" given by Yahweh in response to the Pharaoh's ...
The Seventh Plague of Egypt is an 1823 oil painting by the British artist John Martin. [1] It depicts the seventh of the biblical plagues of Ancient Egypt. [2] Moses can be seen with his staff in his hands, calling down the violent storm of thunder and hail onto the Egyptians holding the Israelites in slavery. [3]
The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823 painting by John Martin). Va'eira, Va'era, or Vaera (וָאֵרָא —Hebrew for "and I appeared," the first word that God speaks in the parashah, in Exodus 6:3) is the fourteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Exodus.
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Arbeh (locusts) – Locusts swarmed over Egypt; Choshech (darkness) – Egypt was covered in darkness; Makkat Bechorot (killing of the first-born) – All the first-born sons of the Egyptians were slain by God; With the recital of the Ten Plagues, each participant removes a drop of wine from his or her cup using a fingertip.
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The documentary deals with The Exodus, the founding story of the Israelites.While few mainstream historians would consider the Book of Exodus as a reliable narrative, Cameron and Jacobovici present a speculative question as to whether the events as described, particularly relating to the plagues of Egypt, could be explained naturalistically.