Exodus 4:1-3

Darby Translation

4 And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to thee.

² And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.

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.