Then the Lord told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”
And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the Lord.’ I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’—but
I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them. And I reaffirmed my covenant
with them. Under its terms, I promised to give
them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners. You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the
people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of
my covenant with them.
“Therefore, say to the people of
Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will
rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm
and great acts of judgment. I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God.
Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from
your oppression in Egypt. I will
bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will
give it to you as your very own possession.
I am the Lord!’”
So Moses told the people of Israel
what the Lord had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had
become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
Then the Lord said to
Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.”
“But Lord!” Moses objected. “My
own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m
such a clumsy speaker!”
But the Lord spoke to Moses
and Aaron and gave them orders for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt. The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron to lead the people of
Israel out of Egypt.
~ Source : Exodus 6:1-13 [Holy Bible -NLT]
taken from https://www.biblegateway.com
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