And the fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Ver. 21. And the fish.] That was their common food. Num 11:5 The flesh of many beasts, they, through superstition, would not eat of, as one well noteth from Exodus 8:26 .