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Ex 7:11 Strong Concordance Then Pharaoh [06547] also called [07121] the wise men [02450] and the sorcerers [03784]: now the magicians [02748] of Egypt [04714], they also did [06213] in like manner [03651] with their enchantments [03858].
  King James Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers, &c.--His object in calling them was to ascertain whether this doing of Aaron's was really a work of divine power or merely a feat of magical art. The magicians of Egypt in modern times have been long celebrated adepts in charming serpents, and particularly by pressing the nape of the neck, they throw them into a kind of catalepsy, which renders them stiff and immovable--thus seeming to change them into a rod. They conceal the serpent about their persons, and by acts of legerdemain produce it from their dress, stiff and straight as a rod. Just the same trick was played off by their ancient predecessors, the most renowned of whom, Jannes and Jambres (Ti2 3:8), were called in on this occasion. They had time after the summons to make suitable preparations--and so it appears they succeeded by their "enchantments" in practising an illusion on the senses.
 
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8 [3739] Now [1161] as [5158] Jannes [2389] and [2532] Jambres [2387] withstood [436] Moses [3475], so [3779] do [436] these [3778] also [2532] resist [436] the truth [225]: men [444] of corrupt [2704] minds [3563], reprobate [96] concerning [4012] the faith [4102].
12 For they cast down [07993] every man [0376] his rod [04294], and they became serpents [08577]: but Aaron's [0175] rod [04294] swallowed up [01104] their rods [04294].
8 [3739] Now [1161] as [5158] Jannes [2389] and [2532] Jambres [2387] withstood [436] Moses [3475], so [3779] do [436] these [3778] also [2532] resist [436] the truth [225]: men [444] of corrupt [2704] minds [3563], reprobate [96] concerning [4012] the faith [4102].
9 Even him, whose [3739] coming [3952] is [2076] after [2596] the working [1753] of Satan [4567] with [1722] all [3956] power [1411] and [2532] signs [4592] and [2532] lying [5579] wonders [5059],
15 And [2532] he [846] had power [1325] to give [1325] life [4151] unto the image [1504] of the beast [2342], that [2443] the image [1504] of the beast [2342] should [2980] both [2532] speak [2980], and [2532] cause [4160] that as many as [3745] would [302] [4352] not [3361] worship [4352] the image [1504] of the beast [2342] should be killed [2443] [615].
18 And the magicians [02748] did [06213] so with their enchantments [03909] to bring forth [03318] lice [03654], but they could [03201] not: so there were lice [03654] upon man [0120], and upon beast [0929].
8 [3739] Now [1161] as [5158] Jannes [2389] and [2532] Jambres [2387] withstood [436] Moses [3475], so [3779] do [436] these [3778] also [2532] resist [436] the truth [225]: men [444] of corrupt [2704] minds [3563], reprobate [96] concerning [4012] the faith [4102].
12 For they cast down [07993] every man [0376] his rod [04294], and they became serpents [08577]: but Aaron's [0175] rod [04294] swallowed up [01104] their rods [04294].
9 When Pharaoh [06547] shall speak [01696] unto you, saying [0559], Shew [05414] a miracle [04159] for you: then thou shalt say [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] thy rod [04294], and cast [07993] it before [06440] Pharaoh [06547], and it shall become a serpent [08577].
8 And it came to pass in the morning [01242] that his spirit [07307] was troubled [06470]; and he sent [07971] and called [07121] for all the magicians [02748] of Egypt [04714], and all the wise men [02450] thereof: and Pharaoh [06547] told [05608] them his dream [02472]; but there was none that could interpret [06622] them unto Pharaoh [06547].