³ And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

¹⁷ And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.

¹⁰ Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.

¹¹ Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

¹² For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.

¹³ But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

¹⁴ And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

¹⁵ Go to Pharaoh in the morning; when he goes out to the water, you will be waiting for him by the edge of the Nile, with the rod which was turned into a snake in your hand;

¹⁹ As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.