1. And Moses answered, and he said, “And if they do not believe me and they do not listen to my voice, but they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you?’ ”
2. And Yahweh said to him, “What is this in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.”
3. And he said, “Throw it onto the ground.” And he threw it onto the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses fled from it.
4. And Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and grasp it by its tail”—” (And he reached out his hand and grabbed it, and it became a staff in his palm.)—