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God spoke to Moses and said to him, (A)“I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as (B)God Almighty,[a] but by my name the (C)Lord I did not make myself known to them. (D)I also established my covenant with them (E)to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. Moreover, (F)I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to the people of Israel, (G)‘I am the Lord, and (H)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and (I)I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgement. I (J)will take you to be my people, and (K)I will be your God, and you shall know that (L)I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out (M)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into (N)the land that I (O)swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. (P)I am the Lord.’” Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they (Q)did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

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  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.(A) I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,[a](B) but by my name(C) the Lord[b](D) I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant(E) with them to give them the land(F) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.(G) Moreover, I have heard the groaning(H) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(I)

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(J) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(K) you with an outstretched arm(L) and with mighty acts of judgment.(M) I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(N) Then you will know(O) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land(P) I swore(Q) with uplifted hand(R) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.(S) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”(T)

Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.(U)

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  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  2. Exodus 6:3 See note at 3:15.