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.
33. Moses left Pharaoh and went outside the city. He lifted his hands in prayer to the Lord. And the thunder and hail stopped, and then even the rain stopped.
34. When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he again did wrong. He and his officials became stubborn again.
35. Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go free, just as the Lord had said through Moses.