Exodus 4:17-19

English Standard Version

¹⁷ And take in your hand ^(A)this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

Moses Returns to Egypt

¹⁸ Moses went back to ^(B)Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” ¹⁹ And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for ^(C)all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”