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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.14 Or I am what I am or I will be what I will be