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Exodus 3:11-22
New Living Translation
Exodus 3:11-22
New Living Translation
11 But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”
13 But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?”
14 God replied to Moses, “I am who i am.[a] Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[b] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
16 “Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you. 17 I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’
18 “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God.’
19 “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand forces him.[c] 20 So I will raise my hand and strike the Egyptians, performing all kinds of miracles among them. Then at last he will let you go. 21 And I will cause the Egyptians to look favorably on you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed. 22 Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”
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- 3:14 Or I will be what i will be.
- 3:15 Yahweh (also in 3:16) is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the Lord” (note the use of small capitals).
- 3:19 As in Greek and Latin versions; Hebrew reads will not let you go, not by a mighty hand.
Exodus 3:11-22
New International Version
Exodus 3:11-22
New International Version
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I(A) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you.(B) And this will be the sign(C) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[a] will worship God on this mountain.(D)”
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’(E) Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am(F) has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[c] the God of your fathers(G)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(H)—has sent me to you.’
16 “Go, assemble the elders(K) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(L)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen(M) what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt(N) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’(O)
18 “The elders of Israel will listen(P) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,(Q) has met(R) with us. Let us take a three-day journey(S) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(T) to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand(U) compels him. 20 So I will stretch out my hand(V) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders(W) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.(X)
21 “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed(Y) toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.(Z) 22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver(AA) and gold(AB) and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder(AC) the Egyptians.”(AD)
Footnotes
- Exodus 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.
- Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
- Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.
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