And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law again, and said unto him, "Let me go, I pray thee, and turn again unto my brethren which are in Egypt, that I may see whether they be yet alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, "Return again into Egypt for they are dead which went about to kill thee." And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass, and went again to Egypt, and took the rod of God in his hand.