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I showed Myself as God All-powerful to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I did not make Myself known to them by My name, the Lord. I also made My agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they were strangers. I have heard the crying of the people of Israel, because they are being held by the Egyptians. And I have remembered My agreement. So say to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord. I will take you away from the hard work and suffering in Egypt. I will take you away from being their servants. I will make you free by the strength of My arm and by the great things I will do to punish the guilty.

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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,[a](A) but by my name(B) the Lord[b](C) I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant(D) with them to give them the land(E) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.(F) Moreover, I have heard the groaning(G) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(H)

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(I) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(J) you with an outstretched arm(K) and with mighty acts of judgment.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  2. Exodus 6:3 See note at 3:15.