Exodus 5:20-6:8

New King James Version

²⁰ Then, as they came out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who stood there to meet them. ^21 (A)And they said to them, “Let the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made ^[a]us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Israel’s Deliverance Assured^(B)

²² So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me? ²³ For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.”

God Renews His Promise to Israel

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For ^(C)with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand ^(D)he will drive them out of his land.”

² And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am ^[b]the Lord. ^3 (E)I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as ^(F)God Almighty, but by My name ^(G)Lord^[c] I was not known to them. ^4 (H)I have also ^[d]established My covenant with them, ^(I)to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their ^[e]pilgrimage, ^(J)in which they were ^[f]strangers. ⁵ And ^(K)I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. ⁶ Therefore say to the children of Israel: ^(L)‘I am the Lord; ^(M)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will ^(N)rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with ^[g]an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ⁷ I will ^(O)take you as My people, and ^(P)I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out ^(Q)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸ And I will bring you into the land which I ^(R)swore^[h] to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”