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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took Mosheh DOM his/its_wife/woman and_DOM sons_his and_put_them on the_donkey and_returned towards_land of_Miʦrayim and_he/it_took Mosheh DOM the_staff the_ʼₑlhīmv in_his/its_hand.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and returned towards Egypt with them, and Mosheh took the staff that God had turned into a snake.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo
בָּנָ֗יו
sons,his
Moses’ second son is not introduced until 18:4 but had already been born before they left Midian. It is not necessary to make this explicit here, if it would confuse your readers you could add a footnote.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
וַיָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָה מִצְרָ֑יִם
and,returned towards=land Miʦrayim/(Egypt)
It is clear from 4:24 and 25 that Moses’ family went with him. If this is confusing in your language, you may need to change from he to “they” returned.
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
וַיָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָה מִצְרָ֑יִם
and,returned towards=land Miʦrayim/(Egypt)
After the incident on the road in verses 24–26. Moses’ family is not mentioned again until 18:2, which says that Moses sent them back, so it may be better to make a translation similar to the UST, which only commits to the family starting on the way to Egypt. This option has the further benefit of allowing for the several events that happen before Moses gets to Egypt. The ULT’s toward is another way of giving space in the translation for the next several events.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
staff the=ʼₑlhīmv
The phrase the staff of God refers to the staff that God told Moses to take with him in 4:17. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express that explicitly.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
staff the=ʼₑlhīmv
The book describes this staff as the staff of God because God appointed it as his instrument so that Moses could do miraculous works through it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Make sure your translation does not lead people to think the staff was a magic wand or shaman’s staff that had its own power or power from Moses or that the staff gave Moses the ability to command God. In every instance where miracles happened, first God told Moses to do something with the staff, then Moses obeyed, and then God caused a miracle. Alternate translation: “the staff that God had told him to bring because God intended to work powerfully through it when Moses stretched it out.”
4:20 he carried the staff of God: Whatever he may have said to Jethro, Moses was going to Egypt in obedience to God and in the expectation of being used by God (see 4:17).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took Mosheh DOM his/its_wife/woman and_DOM sons_his and_put_them on the_donkey and_returned towards_land of_Miʦrayim and_he/it_took Mosheh DOM the_staff the_ʼₑlhīmv in_his/its_hand.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and returned towards Egypt with them, and Mosheh took the staff that God had turned into a snake.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.