Exodus 4:1-3

Revised Geneva Translation

4 Then Moses answered, and said, “But lo, they will neither believe me nor listen to my voice. For they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

² And the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he answered, “A rod.”

³ Then he said, “Cast it on the ground.” So, he cast it on the ground; and it was turned into a serpent. And Moses fled from it.