Exodus 5:22-6:13
New American Standard Bible
22 Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “(A)Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? 23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, (B)and You have not rescued Your people at all.”
God Promises Action
6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for [a](C)under compulsion he will let them go, and [b]under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am (D)the Lord; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as [c](E)God Almighty, but by (F)My name, [d]Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. 4 I also established (G)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the [e]land in which they lived as strangers. 5 Furthermore I have (H)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘(I)I am the Lord, and (J)I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also (K)redeem you with (L)an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. 7 Then I will take you [f](M)as My people, and (N)I will be [g]your God; and (O)you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the labors of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you to the land which (P)I [h]swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and (Q)I will give it to you as a possession; (R)I am the Lord.’” 9 So Moses said this to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on (S)account of their [i]despondency and cruel bondage.
10 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “(T)Go, [j]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt [k]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; (U)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, as I am [l](V)unskilled in speech?” 13 Nevertheless, the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command concerning the sons of Israel and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Exodus 6:1 Lit by a strong hand
- Exodus 6:1 Lit by a strong hand
- Exodus 6:3 Heb El Shaddai
- Exodus 6:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Exodus 6:4 Lit land of their sojournings in which...
- Exodus 6:7 Lit to Me for a people
- Exodus 6:7 Lit to you for a God
- Exodus 6:8 Lit lifted up My hand
- Exodus 6:9 Or impatience
- Exodus 6:11 Lit speak to
- Exodus 6:11 Lit that he let
- Exodus 6:12 Lit uncircumcised of lips
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