4:19. And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt; for they are all dead that sought thy life. 4:20. Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand. 4:21. And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt: See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand: I shall harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. I shall harden, etc.... Not by being the efficient cause of his sin; but by withdrawing from him, for his just punishment, the dew of grace that might have softened his heart; and so suffering him to grow harder and harder. 4:22. And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn. 4:23. I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn. 4:24. And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him. The Lord met him, and would have killed him.... This was an angel representing the Lord, who treated Moses in this manner, for having neglected the circumcision of his younger son; which his wife understanding, circumcised her child upon the spot, upon which the angel let Moses go. 4:25. Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me. 4:26. And he let him go after she had said: A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision. 4:27. And the Lord said to Aaron: Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 4:28. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded. 4:29. And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel. 4:30. And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the people. 4:31. And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction: and falling down they adored. Exodus Chapter 5 Pharao refuseth to let the people go. They are more oppressed. 5:1. After these things, Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go, that they may sacrifice to me in the desert. 5:2. But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 5:3. And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and to sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us. 5:4. The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.