:20. Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.
:21. "So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers.
:22. "And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"
:23. Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?"
:24. (Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure."
:25. (Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?"
:26. (Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"
:27. (Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a veritable madman!"
:28. (Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense!"
:29. (Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!"
:30. (Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?"
:31. (Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"
:32. So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!
:33. And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders!
:34. (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a sorcerer well-versed:
:35. "His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel?"
:36. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-
:37. "And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."
:38. So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known,
:39. And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled?-
