Exodus 7:17-19 comes under Parshah: Va'eira Exodus 6:2 to
9:35. Here is an explanation by the sages for verses
17-19:
vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone (7:19)
If an Egyptian and an Israelite were in one house
where there was a barrel full of water, and the Egyptian went to
fill a pitcher, he would discover that it contained blood; but the
Israelite would drink water from the same barrel. If the Egyptian
said to him: "Draw me some water with your own hand," and the
Israelite gave it to him, it became blood. Even if he said to him,
"Let us both drink from one vessel," the Israelite would drink
water but the Egyptian would drink blood. Only when he had bought
the water from the Israelite for money was the Egyptian able to
drink water, and in this way the Israelites became
rich.
(Midrash Rabbah)
hmm..very insightful..thanks..but how did he derived that
out??paying for the water??
so the egyptians bought some water from the israelis so they can
turn it into blood again to prove that it aint no such big deal
ya?