[The Pentateuch]

And the Lord said unto Moses: Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for grasshoppers, that they come upon the land of Egypt and eat all the herbs of the land, and all that the hail left untouched. And Moses ⟨image 115⟩stretched forth his rod over the land off Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land, all that day and all night. And in the morning the east wind brought the grasshoppers, and the grasshoppers went up over all the land of Egypt and lighted in all quarters off Egypt very grievously: so that before them were there no such grasshoppers, nether after them shall be. And they covered all the face of the earth, so that the land was dark therewith. And they ate all the herbs of the land and all the fruits of the trees which the hail had left: so that there was no green thing left in the trees and herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.

And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers, that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe, ād all that the hayle left vntouched. And Moses ⟨image 115⟩stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte, ād the Lorde brought an east wynde vppō the lande, all that daye and all nyghte. And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers, ād the greshoppers wēt vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously: so that before them were there no soch greshoppers, nether after them shal be. And they couered all the face of the erth, so that the londe was darke therwith. And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte: so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste and said: I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Forgive me yet my sin only this once, and pray unto the Lord your God that he may take away from me this death only. And he went out from Pharaoh and prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord turned the wind in to a mighty strong west wind, and it toke away the grasshoppers and cast them in to the reed see: so that there was not one grasshopper left in all the costs of Egypt But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, o that he would not let the children off Israel goo