²⁰ Then Moses ^(A)took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took ^(B)the rod of God in his hand.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those ^(C)wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But ^(D)I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. ²² Then you shall ^(E)say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^(F)“Israel is My son, ^(G)My firstborn.