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Exodus 4:2

Adonai said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

In Context

1Moses [Drawn out] answered, “But, behold, they will not trust me, nor sh'ma ·hear obey· to my voice; for they will say, ‘ Adonai has not appeared to you.’”

3He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses [Drawn out] ran away from it.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:37Jacob [Supplanter] took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Exodus 4:20Moses [Drawn out] took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. Moses [Drawn out] took God’s rod in his hand.

Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor, 2 and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. 1 He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; + 11:4. Quoted in Rev 19:15 2 and with the breath of his lips he will kill + 11:4. Quoted in 2 Thes 2:8 the wicked. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:2-10

The Objections of Moses Overruled. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and… Read the whole commentary →

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