^4:20Then Moses took⁶⁰ his wife and sons⁶¹ and put them on a donkey and headed back⁶² to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

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60 Heb “And Moses took.”
61 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).
62 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff in his hand.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on the donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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