Exodus 6:1-12

Revised Geneva Translation

6 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For by a strong hand, he shall let them go, and even be constrained to drive them out of his land.”

² Moreover, God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am the LORD.

³ “And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the Name of Almighty God. But by My Name, ‘Jehovah’, I was not known to them.

⁴ “Furthermore, as I made My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan (the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers),

⁵ “so I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage. And I have remembered My covenant.

⁶ “Therefore, say to the children of Israel, ‘I am the LORD; and I will bring you out from the burdens of the Egyptians, and will deliver you out of their bondage, and will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and in great judgments.’

⁷ “Also, I will take you for My people, and will be your God. Then you shall know that I, the LORD your God, brings you out from the burdens of the Egyptians.

⁸ “And I will bring you into the land which I swore that I would give to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you for a possession. I am the LORD.”

⁹ So, Moses told this to the children of Israel. But they did not listen to Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹ “Go tell Pharaoh, King of Egypt, to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

¹² But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. The children of Israel do not listen to me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me?”