And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.