< Exodus 4 >
1 And Moses answers and says, “And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH 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 YHWH says to him, “What [is] this in your hand?” And he says, “A rod”;
and to say to(wards) him LORD (what? this *Q(K)*) in/on/with hand your and to say tribe: rod
3 and He says, “Cast it to the earth”; and he casts it to the earth, and it becomes a serpent—and Moses flees from its presence.
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 And YHWH says to Moses, “Put forth your hand, and lay hold on the tail of it”; and he puts forth his hand, and lays hold on it, and it becomes a rod 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 “so that they believe that YHWH, God of their fathers, has appeared to you, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.”
because be faithful for to see: see to(wards) you LORD God father their God Abraham God Isaac and God Jacob
6 And YHWH says to him again, “Now put your hand into your bosom”; and he puts his hand into his bosom, and he brings it out, and behold, his hand [is] leprous 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 and He says, “Put your hand back into your bosom”; and he puts his hand back into his bosom, and he brings it out from his bosom, and behold, it has turned back as his flesh—
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 it has come to pass, if they do not give credence to you, and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.
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 And it has come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you have taken of the waters of the River, and have poured [it] on the dry land, and the waters which you take from the River have been, indeed, they have become blood on the dry land.”
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 And Moses says to YHWH, “O my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Your speaking to Your servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of 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 YHWH says to him, “Who appointed a mouth for man? Or who appoints the mute, or deaf, or open, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?
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 And now, go, and I am with your mouth, and have directed you that which you speak”;
and now to go: went and I to be with lip your and to show you which to speak: speak
13 and he says, “O my Lord, please send by the hand [of another that] You send.”
and to say please Lord to send: depart please in/on/with hand to send: depart
14 And the anger of YHWH burns against Moses, and He says, “Is Aaron the Levite not your brother? I have known that he speaks well, and also, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he has seen you, then he has rejoiced 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 and you have spoken to him, and have set the words in his mouth, and I am with your mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which you 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 and he, he has spoken to the people for you, and it has come to pass, he is to you for a mouth, and you are to him for God;
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 and you take this rod in your hand, with which you do the signs.”
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 And Moses goes and turns back to his father-in-law Jethro, and says to him, “Please let me go, and I return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.” And Jethro says to Moses, “Go in peace.”
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 And YHWH says to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who seek your life have died”;
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 and Moses takes his wife, and his sons, and causes them to ride on the donkey, and turns back to the land of Egypt, and Moses takes the rod 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 And YHWH says to Moses, “In your going to return to Egypt, see—all the wonders which I have put in your hand—that you have done them before Pharaoh, and I strengthen his heart, and he does not send the people away;
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 and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,
and to say to(wards) Pharaoh thus to say LORD son: child my firstborn my Israel
23 and I say to you, send My son away, and he serves Me; and [if] you refuse to send him away, behold, I am slaying your son, your firstborn.”
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 And it comes to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that YHWH meets him, and seeks to put him to death;
and to be in/on/with way: journey in/on/with lodging and to meet him LORD and to seek to die him
25 and Zipporah takes a flint, and cuts off the foreskin of her son, and causes [it] to touch his feet, and says, “You [are] surely a bridegroom of blood to me”;
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 and He desists from him. Then she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” in reference to the circumcision.
and to slacken from him then to say son-in-law blood to/for circumcision
27 And YHWH says to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses”; and he goes, and meets him on the mountain of God, and kisses 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 declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has charged him.
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 And Moses goes—Aaron also—and they gather all the elderly of the sons of Israel,
and to go: went Moses and Aaron and to gather [obj] all old: elder son: descendant/people Israel
30 and Aaron speaks all the words which YHWH has spoken to Moses, and does the signs before the eyes of 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 the people believe when they hear that YHWH has looked after the sons of Israel, and that He has seen their affliction; and they bow and pay respect.
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