Exodus 10:15For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
The setting
Egypt, ~1446 BC. Total ecological collapse. The fertile Nile Delta, normally green with crops, is now bare earth stretching across modern-day Egypt...
The emotion here: horrified at the completeness of destruction
The original word
chashak (חָשַׁךְ) — to be dark, to grow dim, from consuming everything that gives light and life
Why it matters
Ancient Egyptian art shows the goddess Isis weeping over failed harvests - possibly referencing this event
Read with care
What most readers miss in Exodus 10:15
The phrase 'nothing green' means even tree bark was stripped - locusts normally don't eat wood, but these consumed everything
Common misconceptionPeople think this describes normal locust damage, but the text emphasizes supernatural totality - even trees were stripped bare, which locusts don't normally do.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Exodus 10:15 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Exodus 10:15 comes from the book of Exodus, written during the exodus period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine judgment, devastation. Notable phrases: covered the surface of the whole earth; land was darkened.
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— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
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“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
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