In 8.1-15: The second plague: Swarms of frogs invade the land.
The second plague involves the rupture of created boundary that separates creatures of the water (frogs) and the dry land of Egypt.
In verse 3: The same word, swarm, occurs in the creation story in Gen 1.20 to describe the creatures in the waters.
In verse 7: on the magicians, see comment on 7.22.
In verse 8: This is the first of several times when Pharaoh will seem to surrender but then quickly harden his heart and refuse to let the Israelites go (v. 15; see 8.28, 32; 9.27-28, 34-35; 10.16-17, 20, 24, 27).
In verse 15: On Pharaoh's harden heart see comment on 4.21.
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