Exodus 4:1
Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.
Cross References
Exodus 3:18And they shall hear thy voice: and thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath called us: we will go three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
Exodus 6:12Moses answered before the Lord Behold the children of Israel do no hearken to me; and how will Pharao hear me, especially as I am of uncircumcised lips?
Judges 6:17And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me,
Ezekiel 3:14The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1
This chapter, I. Continues and concludes God's discourse with Moses at the bush concerning this great affair of bringing Israel out of Egypt. 1. Moses objects the people's unbelief ( ver. 1 ), and God answers that objection by giving him a power to work miracles, (1.) To turn his rod into a serpent, and then into a rod again, ver. 2-5 . (2.) To make his hand leprous, and then whole again, ver. 6-8 . (3.) To turn the water into blood, ver. 9 . 2. Moses objects his own slowness of speech ( ver. 10 ), and begs to be… Read the whole commentary →