26. The only place that did not get hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
27. Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “This time I have sinned. The Lord is right, and I and my people are wrong.
28. We have had enough of this hail and thunder! Ask the Lord to stop the storm, and I will let you go. You don’t have to stay here.”
29. Moses told Pharaoh, “When I leave the city, I will lift my hands in prayer to the Lord, and the thunder and hail will stop. Then you will know that the Lord is in this land.
30. But I know that you and your officials don’t really fear and respect the Lord yet.”
31. The flax had already developed its seeds, and the barley was already blooming. So these plants were destroyed.
32. But wheat and spelt ripen later than the other grains, so these plants were not destroyed.