< Exodus 4 >
1 Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
and to answer Moses and to say and look! not be faithful to/for me and not to hear: hear in/on/with voice my for to say not to see: see to(wards) you LORD
2 And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
and to say to(wards) him LORD (what? this *Q(K)*) in/on/with hand your and to say tribe: rod
3 “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
and to say to throw him land: soil [to] and to throw him land: soil [to] and to be to/for serpent and to flee Moses from face: before his
4 “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to send: reach hand your and to grasp in/on/with tail his and to send: reach hand his and to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and to be to/for tribe: rod in/on/with palm his
5 “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
because be faithful for to see: see to(wards) you LORD God father their God Abraham God Isaac and God Jacob
6 Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
and to say LORD to/for him still to come (in): bring please hand your in/on/with bosom: garment your and to come (in): bring hand his in/on/with bosom: garment his and to come out: send her and behold hand his be leprous like/as snow
7 “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
and to say to return: return hand your to(wards) bosom: garment your and to return: return hand his to(wards) bosom: garment his and to come out: send her from bosom: garment his and behold to return: rescue like/as flesh his
8 And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
and to be if not be faithful to/for you and not to hear: hear to/for voice: [sound of] [the] sign: miraculous [the] first and be faithful to/for voice: message [the] sign: miraculous [the] last
9 But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
and to be if not be faithful also to/for two [the] sign: miraculous [the] these and not to hear: hear [emph?] to/for voice your and to take: take from water [the] Nile and to pour: pour [the] dry land and to be [the] water which to take: take from [the] Nile and to be to/for blood in/on/with dry land
10 “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
and to say Moses to(wards) LORD please Lord not man word: speaking I also from yesterday also from three days ago also from the past to speak: speak you to(wards) servant/slave your for heavy lip: word and heavy tongue I
11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
and to say LORD to(wards) him who? to set: make lip to/for man or who? to set: make mute or deaf or seeing or blind not I LORD
12 Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
and now to go: went and I to be with lip your and to show you which to speak: speak
13 But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
and to say please Lord to send: depart please in/on/with hand to send: depart
14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Moses and to say not Aaron brother: male-sibling your [the] Levi to know for to speak: speak to speak: speak he/she/it and also behold he/she/it to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet you and to see: see you and to rejoice in/on/with heart his
15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
and to speak: speak to(wards) him and to set: put [obj] [the] word in/on/with lip his and I to be with lip your and with lip his and to show [obj] you [obj] which to make: do [emph?]
16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
and to speak: speak he/she/it to/for you to(wards) [the] people and to be he/she/it to be to/for you to/for lip and you(m. s.) to be to/for him to/for God
17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
and [obj] [the] tribe: rod [the] this to take: take in/on/with hand your which to make: do in/on/with him [obj] [the] sign: miraculous
18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
and to go: went Moses and to return: return to(wards) Jethro relative his and to say to/for him to go: went please and to return: return to(wards) brother: male-sibling my which in/on/with Egypt and to see: see still they alive and to say Jethro to/for Moses to go: went to/for peace
19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses in/on/with Midian to go: went to return: return Egypt for to die all [the] human [the] to seek [obj] soul: life your
20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
and to take: take Moses [obj] woman: wife his and [obj] son: child his and to ride them upon [the] donkey and to return: return land: country/planet [to] Egypt and to take: take Moses [obj] tribe: rod [the] God in/on/with hand his
21 The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses in/on/with to go: went you to/for to return: return Egypt [to] to see: see all [the] wonder which to set: put in/on/with hand: power your and to make: do them to/for face: before Pharaoh and I to strengthen: strengthen [obj] heart his and not to send: let go [obj] [the] people
22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
and to say to(wards) Pharaoh thus to say LORD son: child my firstborn my Israel
23 and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
and to say to(wards) you to send: let go [obj] son: child my and to serve: minister me and to refuse to/for to send: let go him behold I to kill [obj] son: child your firstborn your
24 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
and to be in/on/with way: journey in/on/with lodging and to meet him LORD and to seek to die him
25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
and to take: take Zipporah flint and to cut: cut [obj] foreskin son: child her and to touch to/for foot his and to say for son-in-law blood you(m. s.) to/for me
26 So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
and to slacken from him then to say son-in-law blood to/for circumcision
27 Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
and to say LORD to(wards) Aaron to go: went to/for to encounter: meet Moses [the] wilderness [to] and to go: went and to meet him in/on/with mountain: mount [the] God and to kiss to/for him
28 And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
and to tell Moses to/for Aaron [obj] all word LORD which to send: depart him and [obj] all [the] sign: miraculous which to command him
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
and to go: went Moses and Aaron and to gather [obj] all old: elder son: descendant/people Israel
30 and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
and to speak: speak Aaron [obj] all [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to make: do [the] sign: miraculous to/for eye: seeing [the] people
31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
and be faithful [the] people and to hear: hear for to reckon: visit LORD [obj] son: descendant/people Israel and for to see: see [obj] affliction their and to bow and to bow