¹¹ Then Pharaoh also ^(A)called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the ^(B)soothsayer priests of Egypt, did the same with ^(C)their secret arts.

^22 (A)But the soothsayer priests of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was ^[a]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

²⁰ As for every matter of ^(A)expertise ^[a]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ^(B)ten times ^(C)better than all the ^(D)soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm.

² Then the king ^[a]gave orders to call in the ^(A)soothsayer priests, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the ^[b]Chaldeans, to ^[c]tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.