1. And Moshe answered and said, But, what if they will not believe me, nor pay heed unto my voice but will say, Hashem hath not appeared unto thee.
2. And Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff).
3. And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it.
4. And Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad;