The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink and the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water. This is what the L ORD says: By this you will know that I am the L ORD: With the staff that is in my hands I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood. : 117 Plagues The First Plague: Water Is Changed into Blood, James Tissot 1. The Plagues of Egypt, in the account of the book of Exodus, are ten disasters inflicted on Biblical Egypt by the God of Israel in order to convince the Pharaoh to emancipate the enslaved Israelites, each of them confronting Pharaoh and one of his Egyptian gods they serve as 'signs and marvels' given by God to answer Pharaoh's taunt that he does not know Yahweh: 'The Egyptians shall know that I am the L ORD'.

Scenes from the book of Exodus: The death of the firstborns (including the Pharaoh's son), and the Israelites leaving Egypt ( Haggadah shel Pesaḥ, 1325–1374 CE, Barcelona via British Library) Ten calamities inflicted on Egypt by Yahweh in the story of the Exodus