Exodus 4:1-5

1Then Moses said, “But look, they will not believe me or listen to my voice. They will say, ‘Adonai has not appeared to you.’”

2So Adonai said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he said.

3Then He said, “Cast it on the ground.” When he cast it to the ground, it became a serpent, so Moses fled from before it.

4Then Adonai said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” So he put out his hand, laid hold of it, and it became a staff in his hand.

5“This is so that they may believe Adonai, the God of their fathers—the God of Abra­ham, Isaac and Jacob—has appeared to you.”