³¹ (The flax and barley^(A) were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom. ³² The wheat and spelt,^(B) however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

³³ Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.