Exodus 3:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ Then God said, “Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals [^Lfrom your feet], because the place where you are standing is holy ground. ⁶ I am the God of your ·ancestors [fathers; ^Lfather]—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses ·covered [hid] his face because he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ The Lord said, “I have seen the ·troubles [affliction; or humiliation] my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries ·when the Egyptian slavemasters hurt them [^Lbefore their foremen/taskmasters]. I ·am concerned about [^Lknow] their pain,