A Refusal To Let God's People Go

Exodus 7:7-13
 
7  And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 
8  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 
9  When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 
10  And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 
11  Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 
12  For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 
13  And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.