1. And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to thee.
2. And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.
3. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4. And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand and take it by the tail--and he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand--