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Exodus 4:20

NETBible	Then Moses took¹ his wife and sons² and put them on a donkey and headed back³ to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
NIV © biblegateway Exo 4:20	So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 4:20	So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 4:20	So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 4:20	So Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey for the return trip to Egypt. He had a firm grip on the staff of God.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 4:20	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 4:20	So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey and went back to the land of Egypt; and Moses carried the staff of God in his hand.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 4:20	Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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KJV	And Moses <04872> took <03947> (8799) his wife <0802> and his sons <01121>_, and set <07392> (8686) them upon an ass <02543>_, and he returned <07725> (8799) to the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_: and Moses <04872> took <03947> (8799) the rod <04294> of God <0430> in his hand <03027>_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 4:20	So Moses <04872> took <03947> his wife <0802> and his sons <01121> and mounted <07392> them on a donkey <02543> , and returned <07725> to the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> . Moses <04872> also took <03947> the staff <04294> of God <0430> in his hand <03027> .
LXXM	analabwn <353> V-AAPNS de <1161> PRT mwushv {N-NSM} thn <3588> T-ASF gunaika <1135> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN paidia <3813> N-APN anebibasen <307> V-AAI-3S auta <846> D-APN epi <1909> PREP ta <3588> T-APN upozugia <5268> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ epestreqen <1994> V-AAI-3S eiv <1519> PREP aigupton <125> N-ASF elaben <2983> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT mwushv {N-NSM} thn <3588> T-ASF rabdon {N-ASF} thn <3588> T-ASF para <3844> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF ceiri <5495> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Then Moses <04872> took <03947> his wife <0802> and sons <01121> and put <07392> them on <05921> a donkey <02543> and headed back <07725> to the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> , and Moses <04872> took <03947> the staff <04294> of God <0430> in his hand <03027> .
HEBREW	wdyb <03027> Myhlah <0430> hjm <04294> ta <0853> hsm <04872> xqyw <03947> Myrum <04714> hura <0776> bsyw <07725> rmxh <02543> le <05921> Mbkryw <07392> wynb <01121> taw <0853> wtsa <0802> ta <0853> hsm <04872> xqyw (4:20) <03947>

NETBible

Then Moses took¹ his wife and sons² and put them on a donkey and headed back³ to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “And Moses took.”

²sn Only Gershom has been mentioned so far. The other son’s name will be explained in chapter 18. The explanation of Gershom’s name was important to Moses’ sojourn in Midian. The explanation of the name Eliezer fits better in the later chapter (18:2-4).

³tn The verb would literally be rendered “and returned”; however, the narrative will record other happenings before he arrived in Egypt, so an ingressive nuance fits here – he began to return, or started back.