20Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.


In Context

17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.|

18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, |Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.| Jethro said to Moses, |Go in peace.|

19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, |Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.|

20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.

21 Yahweh said to Moses, |When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Exodus 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass: and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.