Verse List for EXO 4:20

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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.

OET-LV And_ Mosheh _he/it _took DOM his/its_wife/woman and_DOM sons _of_his and_he_made _them _ride on the_donkey and_he _returned towards_land of _Miʦrayim and_ Mosheh _he/it _took DOM the _staff _of the_ʼElohīm in_his/its_hand.

ULT And Moses took his wife and his sons and caused them to ride on a donkey, and he returned toward the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

UST So Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and started going toward Egypt. He took the staff with him as God had told him to do.

BSB & MSB So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And [he] took the staff of God in his hand.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.

NET Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

LSV and Moses takes his wife, and his sons, and causes them to ride on the donkey, and turns back to the land of Egypt, and Moses takes the rod of God in his hand.

FBV Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and went back to Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had used to perform miracles.[fn]

T4T So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God told him/me to take along.

LEB And Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on the donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

BBE And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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

DRA Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass: and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

YLT and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

Drby And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of [fn]God in his hand.

RV And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
(And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod/staff of God in his hand.)

SLT And Moses will take his wife and his sons, and will cause them to ride upon an ass, and he will turn back to the land of Egypt And Moses will take the rod of God in his hand.

Wbstr And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

KJB-1769 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
(And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod/staff of God in his hand.)

KJB-1611 And Moses tooke his wife, and his sonnes, and set them vpon an asse, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And Moyses toke his wyfe, and his sonnes, and put them on an asse, and went agayne to Egypt: And Moyses toke the rodde of God in his hande.
(And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and put them on an ass, and went again to Egypt: And Moses took the rod/staff of God in his hand.)

Gnva Then Moses tooke his wife, and his sonnes, and put them on an asse, and returned towarde the lande of Egypt, and Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand.
(Then Moses took his wife, and his sons, and put them on an ass, and returned toward the land of Egypt, and Moses took the rod/staff of God in his hand.)

Cvdl So Moses toke his wife, and his sonnes, and caried them vpon an Asse, & wente againe into the lande of Egipte, & toke the staff of God in his hande.
(So Moses took his wife, and his sons, and carried them upon an Asse, and went again into the land of Egypt, and took the staff of God in his hand.)

Wycl Moises took his wijf, and hise sones, and puttide hem on an asse, and he turnede ayen in to Egipt, and bar the yerde of God in his hond.
(Moses took his wife, and his sons, and put hem on an ass, and he turned again in to Egypt, and bar the rod/stick of God in his hand.)

Luth Also nahm Mose sein Weib und seine Söhne und führete sie auf einem Esel und zog wieder nach Ägyptenland; und nahm den Stab Gottes in seine Hand!
(So took Moses be woman and his sons and led they/she/them on/in/to on donkey and pulled again after country_of_Egypt; and took the rod/staff God’s in his Hand!)

ClVg Tulit ergo Moyses uxorem suam, et filios suos, et imposuit eos super asinum: reversusque est in Ægyptum, portans virgam Dei in manu sua.[fn]
(He_took therefore Moses wife his_own, and children his_own, and imposed them over donkey: and_returned it_is in/into/on Egypt, carrying rod/staff of_God in/into/on by_hand his_own.)

UHB וַ⁠יִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֣⁠וֹ וְ⁠אֶת־בָּנָ֗י⁠ו וַ⁠יַּרְכִּבֵ⁠ם֙ עַֽל־הַ⁠חֲמֹ֔ר וַ⁠יָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָ⁠ה מִצְרָ֑יִם וַ⁠יִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־מַטֵּ֥ה הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ⁠יָדֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀναλαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία, ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον· ἔλαβε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

BrTr And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod which he had from God in his hand.