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Exodus 9:34-35. A heart still hardened. After the hail and rain have ceased, Pharaoh and one unnamed Egyptian court official stand at an open side doorway of the established ochre audience hall, looking toward the quiet wet courtyard. Pharaoh foreground right in blue-and-gold nemes, gold collar and white pleated linen, stern profile, arms folded naturally in renewed refusal. Official left behind him has a shaved head, a narrow modest collar and plain white linen, serious closed expression, no royal headdress. Through the opening, still puddles and a few melting hailstones under ordinary clearing daylight, absolutely no falling rain, hail or lightning. Egyptian cylindrical painted column and dark throne partially visible inside for continuity. Use palace reference architecture only, no Moses or Aaron. Medium composition with emotional focus on Pharaoh, no text or visible deity. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 9:34-35

A heart still hardened

A warning for the herds · Exodus 9

Story guide: When the storm ceases, Pharaoh and his servants harden their hearts again.

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34But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he continued to sin and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.

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