¹¹ Pharaoh then sent for all the sages and sorcerers; and the most talented magicians in Egypt stepped up and performed the same act with their own incantations. ¹² Each magician threw down his staff, and each staff turned into a snake. But Aaron’s staff devoured all of the other staffs. ¹³ And still Pharaoh’s heart was as hard as stone; he did not pay any attention to what Moses and Aaron said, just as the Eternal had predicted.