Exodus 4

1 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

Moses/I replied, “But what if [the Israeli people] (do not believe me/are not convinced) or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’”

2 and to say to(wards) him LORD (what? this *Q(K)*) in/on/with hand your and to say tribe: rod

Yahweh said to him/me, “[Look at] that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A (walking stick/shepherd’s stick).”

3 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

He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it.

4 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

But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and [when he/I picked it up], it became a stick in his/my hand [again.]

5 because be faithful for to see: see to(wards) you LORD God father their God Abraham God Isaac and God Jacob

Yahweh said, “[Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people], in order that they may believe that [I], Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.”

6 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

Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe [MTY]!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, [surprisingly], his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease [that made it] as white as snow.

7 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

Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe [MTY]!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!

8 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

God said, “[You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too]. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of [seeing] the first miracle, they will (believe [you/be convinced) when you perform] the second miracle.

9 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

If they do not believe you or do what you say, even [after you perform] those two miracles, get some water from the Nile [River] and pour it on the ground. [When you do that], the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood [MTY] (OR, [red like] blood).”

10 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

Moses/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent [speaker]! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker [MTY], and I speak very slowly.”

11 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

Then Yahweh said to him/me, “[You seem to forget] who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!

12 and now to go: went and I to be with lip your and to show you which to speak: speak

So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”

13 and to say please Lord to send: depart please in/on/with hand to send: depart

But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”

14 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

Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “[What about] your [older] brother Aaron, who is [also] a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here [right now], and he will be very happy to see you.

15 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?]

You can talk to him and tell him what to say [MTY], and I will help both of you [SYN] to know what to say [MTY]. And I will tell you both what you should do.

16 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

He will speak for you to the [Israeli] people. He will be (your spokesman/as though he was your mouth) [MET], and you will be to him as though you are [his] god.

17 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

[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”

18 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

Moses/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may [God give you inner] peace.”

19 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

Yahweh said to Moses/me [before he/I left] Midian, “You can [safely] return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you [MTY] are [now] dead.”

20 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

So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God [told him/me to take along].

21 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

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power [to do], while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave [Egypt].

22 and to say to(wards) Pharaoh thus to say LORD son: child my firstborn my Israel

Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].

23 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

I told you to let my people [MTY] leave [Egypt], in order that they may worship me [in the desert]. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’”

24 and to be in/on/with way: journey in/on/with lodging and to meet him LORD and to seek to die him

[One night], as they were camping on the way [to Egypt], Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me [for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised].

25 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

Then [his/my wife] Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin [she had cut off], and she said, “The blood [which flowed when I circumcised you] will protect you [from being harmed by Yahweh] [MET].”

26 and to slacken from him then to say son-in-law blood to/for circumcision

She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.

27 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

Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went [there from Egypt] and met him/me at [Sinai], the mountain dedicated to God, and [greeted him/me by] kissing him/me [on the cheek].

28 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

Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.

29 and to go: went Moses and Aaron and to gather [obj] all old: elder son: descendant/people Israel

[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.

30 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

Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.

31 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

They believed [that what they/we were saying was true]. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped [Yahweh].