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Exodus 4:24-26. At the lodging place. Respectful non-graphic aftermath at a humble night lodging on the desert journey. Mature Zipporah alone is the focal face, kneeling beside her fully clothed son who is seated with his BACK TO CAMERA, wrapped modestly in a blanket over his tunic. Keep the son largely silhouetted and age visually nonspecific; do not identify which son. Zipporah wears the deep muted teal scarf and sand dress of the reference, natural age lines and gray braids, expression exhausted and resolute. A small chipped flint lies on a folded cloth in the foreground well away from his body. No exposed anatomy, no visible wounds or cutting, no blood detail. Quiet oil-lamp illumination on a stone wall and tent cloth. No other person shown, no divine figure or attacker. Wide intimate single scene, warm lamplight and cool night shadows. Do not render quoted speech or captions. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Exodus 4:24-26

At the lodging place

The staff becomes a serpent · Exodus 4

Story guide: A dangerous encounter on the journey is resolved after Zipporah acts.

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24And it happened on the way, at the lodging place, that Yahweh met him and sought to put him to death.

25Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched his feet with it, and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

26So he let him alone. At that time she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

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