Exodus 4:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”

So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a ·snake [serpent]. Moses ·ran [fled] from the ·snake [serpent], ⁴ but the Lord said to him, “·Reach out [^LSend out your hand] and ·grab [grasp; catch] the ·snake [serpent] by its tail.” When ·Moses [^Lhe] ·reached out [^Lsent out his hand] and ·took hold of [snatched] ·the snake [^Lit], it again became a ·stick [staff] in his hand. ⁵ The Lord said, “This is so that the ·Israelites [^Lthey] will ·believe [trust] that the Lord appeared to you. I am the God of their ·ancestors [fathers], the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”