18 (Pharaoh) said: Did we not bring thee up as a child among us, and thou didst tarry (many) years of thy life among us?

19 And thou didst (that) deed of thine which thou didst and thou art of the ungrateful ones.

20 He said: I did it then when I was of those who err.

21 So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me judgment and made me of the messengers.

22 And is it a favour of which thou remindest me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel?

23 Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?

24 He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.

25 (Pharaoh) said to those around him: Do you not hear?

26 He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.

27 (Pharaoh) said: Surely your messenger, who is sent to you, is mad.

28 He said: The Lord of the East and the West and what is between them, if you have any sense.

29 (Pharaoh) said: If thou takest a god besides me, I will certainly put thee in prison.

30 He said: Even if I show thee something plain?

31 (Pharaoh) said: Show it, then, if thou art of the truthful.

32 So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent;

33 And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the beholders.

34 (Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: Surely this is a skilful enchanter,

35 Who desires to turn you out of your land with his enchantment. What is it then that you counsel?

36 They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the cities

37 That they bring to thee every skilful enchanter.