Moshe answered and said, “They will not believe me. They will not listen to my voice. They will say, ‘Adonoy did not appear to you.’”

And Moshe answered and said, But, behold they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice: for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to thee.

And Moses answered and he said: But they will not believe me, and they will not hearken to my voice; for they will say: The L-rd did not appear to you.

Adonoy said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

And the Lord said to him, What is that in thy hand?

And the L-rd said to him: "What is this in your hand?" And he said: "A staff."

[God] said, “Throw it on the ground.” He [Moshe] threw it on the ground and it turned into a snake. Moshe ran away from it.

And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it turned into a snake; and Moshe fled from it.

And He said: Throw it to the ground. And he threw it to the ground and it became a serpent, [a "hint" to Moses that he had plied the serpent's craft — slander (in saying that the Jews would not believe him)], and Moses fled from before it.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Reach out your hand and grasp its tail.” He reached out his hand and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

And the Lord said to Moshe, Put out thy hand, and take it by its tail. And he put out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

And the L-rd said to Moses: Stretch out your hand and seize its tail. And he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand.

“This is so that they will believe that Adonoy appeared to you; the God of their fathers, God of Avraham, God of Yitzchok and God of Yaakov.”

that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Avraham, the God of Yiżĥaq, and the God of Ya῾aqov, has appeared to thee.

So that they believe that the L-rd appeared to you, the G-d of their fathers, the G-d of Abraham, the G-d of Isaac, and the G-d of Jacob.

Adonoy said furthermore to him [Moshe], “Put your hand into your bosom.” He put his hand into his bosom, and when he withdrew it, his hand had become a snow-like tzora’as.

And the Lord said furthermore to him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was diseased, as white as snow.

And the L-rd said to him again: Put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom and he took it out, and, behold, it was leprous as snow [(leprosy being the punishment for slander (see Numbers 12)].

He [Adonoy] said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” [Moshe] put his hand into his bosom again, and when he withdrew it from his bosom, it had become [normal] as his flesh.

And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

And He said: Return your hand to your bosom, and he returned his hand to his bosom. And he took it from his bosom, and, behold, it had resumed its fleshy appearance, [whence it is derived that G-d's goodly measure is more expeditious than His punitive one ("from his bosom," as opposed to "took it out," above, implying that it had healed upon contact with his bosom)].

“If they do not believe you, and they do not listen to the voice [of proof] of the first [miraculous] sign; then they will believe the voice [of proof] of the latter [second] sign.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And it shall be, if they do not believe you, and they do not hearken to the message of the first sign, then they will believe the message of the last sign, [already having precedent (— as in the instance of Pharaoh and Avimelech, who were smitten with plague because of Sarah —) that the intenders of harm to them are smitten with plague.]

And if they will not believe even these two signs, and they will not listen to your voice, then you shall take from the water of the river and pour it on the dry land. The water that you will take from the river will turn into blood on the dry land.”

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the River, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou dost take out of the River shall become blood on the dry land.

And it shall be, if they do not believe, also these two signs, and they do not hearken to your voice, then you shall take of the waters of the Nile, and you shall spill it upon the dry land. And the waters that you take from the Nile — they shall become blood upon the dry land.

Moshe said to Adonoy, “I beg You Adonoy, I am not a man of words—not since yesterday, not since the day before—not from the time You [first] spoke to Your servant, for I am clumsy [slow] of mouth [speech] and clumsy [slow] of tongue [language].”

And Moshe said to the Lord, O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither yesterday nor the day before, nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

And Moses said to the L-rd: I pray You, O L-rd, I am not a man of words, also [(connoting an additional day)] from yesterday, also from the day before, also from when You began to speak to Your servant [this being the seventh day of Moses' opposition to the mission (in deference to Aaron's seniority)]; for heavy of speech and heavy of tongue am I.

Adonoy said to him, “Who gave man a mouth, or who makes [a person] dumb or deaf? [Who makes a person] see or makes him blind? Is it not I—Adonoy?”

And the Lord said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? or who makes a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the Lord?

And the L-rd said to him: Who made a mouth for man, or who makes one mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the L-rd?

Now go. I will be with your mouth, and teach you what to say.”

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

And now, go, and I shall be with your mouth, and I will teach you what to speak.

[Moshe] said, “I beg You Adony [my Master,] please send the one You usually send.”

And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

And he said: I pray You, O L-rd, send, now, by the hand of [him] You are wont to send [i.e., Aaron].

Adonoy displayed anger toward Moshe and said, “Is not Aharon, the Levite, your brother? I know that he knows how to speak. Behold he is setting out to meet you, and when he sees you he will rejoice in his heart.

And the anger of the Lord burned against Moshe, and he said, Is not Aharon the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes to meet thee: and when he sees thee, he will be glad in his heart.

And the anger of the L-rd burned against Moses, and He said: Is not Aaron your brother the Levite? [i.e., He was destined to be the Levite, and you, the Cohein — Now, he shall be the Cohein, and you, the Levite]. I knew that he shall surely speak. And, also, behold, he shall come out towards you [when you go to Egypt] and he shall see you and he shall rejoice in his heart [and he will not (as you think) be offended by your rise to eminence (for which reason Aaron merited the choshen, the breast-plate, worn over the heart)].

You will speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what to do.

And thou shalt speak to him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

And you shall speak to him, and you shall place the words in his mouth, and I shall be with your mouth and with his mouth; and I shall teach you what to do.

He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will be his master.

And he shall be thy spokesman to the people: and he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

And he shall speak on your behalf to the people, and he shall be a spokesman for you [in that you are "heavy of speech"], and you shall be a master to him.

Take this rod in your hand, for with it you will perform the [miraculous] signs.”

And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, with which thou shalt do the signs.

And this staff take in your hand, wherewith you shall do all the signs.

Moshe went and returned to Yeser, his father-in-law, and said to him, “I would like to leave and return to my brothers in Egypt, to see if they are still alive.” Yisro said to Moshe, “Go in peace.”

And Moshe went and returned to Yeter his father in law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Miżrayim, and see whether they are still alive. And Yitro said to Moshe, Go in peace.

And Moses went and he returned to Yether, his father-in-law [to be granted leave to go, for he had sworn to (remain with) him], and he said to him: Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see if they still live. And Yithro said to Moses: Go to peace.

Adonoy said to Moshe in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for they have died—all the men who had sought your life.”

And the Lord said to Moshe in Midyan, Go return to Miżrayim: for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

And the L-rd said to Moses in Midian: Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who sought your life [Dathan and Aviram] have died. [They were reduced to poverty, which is tantamount to death.]

Moshe [then] took his wife and his sons, set them to ride on the donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moshe took the rod of God in his hand.

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

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and he rode them on the ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And [before returning to Egypt] Moses took the staff of G-d in his hand [(there being no "before" and "after" in Scripture)].

Adonoy said to Moshe, “On your way back to Egypt, see [keep in mind] all the wondrous [signs] that I have placed in your hand, and do them before Pharaoh. I will harden his heart, and he will not send the people out.

And the Lord said to Moshe, When thou goest to return to Miżrayim, see that thou do before Par῾o all those wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

And the L-rd said to Moses: When you go to return to Egypt, see [i.e., give heart to] all of the wonders that I have placed in your hand [(those mentioned later (7:9)] and do them before Pharaoh, and I shall strengthen his heart and he shall not send the people.

You will say to Pharaoh, This is what Adonoy said, Yisroel is My son, My firstborn.

And thou shalt say to Par῾o, Thus says the Lord, Yisra᾽el is my son, my firstborn:

And you shall say to Pharaoh [when he hardens his heart against sending out the Jews]: Thus said the L-rd: "My first-born son is Israel" [(an expression of grandeur)].

And I have said to you, send out My son and let him serve Me. If you refuse to send him, behold, I will slay your [own] firstborn son.”

and I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.

And I say to you [by word of the L-rd]: Send out My son and let him serve Me. And if you refuse to send him, behold, I shall kill your first-born son [(the last plague being mentioned as a threat in that it is the severest)].

He [Moshe] was along the way, in the inn, Adonoy confronted him, and wanted to kill him.

And it came to pass on the way, in the place where they spent the night, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.

And he [Moses] was on the way in the lodging when [an angel of] the L-rd encountered him and sought to kill him [for remissness in the circumcision of his son].

Tzipporah took a flint-stone and cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at his feet, saying, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Then Żippora took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody bridegroom art thou to me.

And Tzipporah took a flint and cut off the foreskin of her son and she cast it at his [Moses'] feet, and she said [about her son]: "For you are a groom of blood to me" [i.e., You would bring about the death of my "groom" (Moses)].

He then withdrew from him [Moshe. Then she said, “[You are] a bridegroom of blood [to me] because of the circumcision.”

So he let him go: then she said, A bloody bridegroom thou art, because of the circumcision.

And he [the angel] let go of him. Then she said: "A groom of blood for [i.e., by reason of remissness in] circumcision.

Adonoy said to Aharon, “Go meet Moshe in the desert.” He [Aharon] went and met him at the mountain of God and he kissed him.

And the Lord said to Aharon, Go to the wilderness to meet Moshe. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

And the L-rd said to Aaron: Go towards Moses to the desert. And he went, and he met him in the mountain of G-d, and he kissed him.

Moshe told Aharon all the words of Adonoy with which He had sent him; and all the [miraculous] signs that He had commanded him [to demonstrate].

And Moshe told Aharon all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the L-rd wherewith He had sent him, and all the signs which He had charged him with.

Moshe and Aharon went [to Egypt] and they gathered all the elders of the B’nei Yisrael.

And Moshe and Aharon went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra᾽el:

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

Aharon spoke all the words that Adonoy had spoken to Moshe, and he demonstrated the [miraculous] signs in the eyes [sight] of the people.

and Aharon spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moshe, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

And Aaron spoke all the things that the L-rd spoke to Moses, and he performed the signs before the eyes of the people.

The people believed. When they heard that Adonoy was mindful of the B’nei Yisrael, and that He had seen their suffering, they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Yisra᾽el, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

And the people believed when they heard that the L-rd had remembered the children of Israel and that He had seen their affliction. And they bowed and they prostrated themselves.