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Exodus 3:9-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Exodus 3:9-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.(A) 10 Now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”(B) 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 He said, “I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”(C)
The Divine Name Revealed
13 But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”(D) 15 God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[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 name forever,
and this my title for all generations.(E)
Exodus 3:9-15
New International Version
Exodus 3:9-15
New International Version
9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing(A) them. 10 So now, go. I am sending(B) you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”(C)
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I(D) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you.(E) And this will be the sign(F) 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.(G)”
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?’(H) 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(I) has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[c] the God of your fathers(J)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(K)—has sent me to you.’
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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