Exodus 6:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ I will make you my own people, and I will be your God [^Cthe heart or essence of the covenant]. You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who ·saves you [^Lbrought you out] from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. ⁸ I will ·lead [bring] you to the land that I ·promised [swore; ^Llifted my hand to give; ^Cto take an oath] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’”

⁹ So Moses told this to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], but they would not listen to him. ·They were discouraged [Their spirits were broken], and their slavery was ·hard [cruel].