Exodus 10:18-20

10:18 Moses ¹  went out ²  from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, 10:19 and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, ³  and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. ⁴  Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. 10:20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

[10:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:18]  ² tn Heb “and he went out.”

[10:19]  ³ tn Or perhaps “sea wind,” i.e., a wind off the Mediterranean.

[10:19]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew name here is יַם־סוּף (Yam Suf), sometimes rendered “Reed Sea” or “Sea of Reeds.” The word סוּף is a collective noun that may have derived from an Egyptian name for papyrus reeds. Many English versions have used “Red Sea,” which translates the name that ancient Greeks used: ejruqrav qalavssa (eruqra qalassa).