take with thee the Elders] Not all the people, who by their murmuring against God, and their furie against Moses, were unworthy to see the miracle, but the Elders who were not so wicked, and who were sufficient witnesses of what was done. wherewith thou smotest the river] Ch. 7. 5: 20. The river Nilus by the hand of Aaron: some meane by the river, the Red Sea, because (as some hold) it is rather narrow like a river, then broad like the Ocean: and it is true he used the Rod, and it is like the selfe same Rod to both; but the Sea is very rarely called a river.