¹⁴ But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out^(A) with great possessions.^(B)

⁵ Moreover, I have heard the groaning^(A) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^(B)

⁶ “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.^(C) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem^(D) you with an outstretched arm^(E) and with mighty acts of judgment.^(F)

³² Take your flocks and herds,^(A) as you have said, and go. And also bless^(B) me.”

³³ The Egyptians urged the people to hurry^(C) and leave^(D) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”^{(E) 34} So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs^(F) wrapped in clothing. ³⁵ The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold^(G) and for clothing.^{(H) 36} The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed^(I) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered^(J) the Egyptians.

³⁷ The Israelites journeyed from Rameses^(K) to Sukkoth.^(L) There were about six hundred thousand men^(M) on foot, besides women and children. ³⁸ Many other people^(N) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

⁴ and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.^(A) I assigned the hill country of Seir^(B) to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.^(C)

⁵ “‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron,^(D) and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.^{(E) 6} When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea,^(F) and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen^[a](G) as far as the Red Sea.^{[b](H) 7} But they cried^(I) to the Lord for help, and he put darkness^(J) between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them.^(K) You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians.^(L) Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.^(M)

⁸ “After Jacob^(A) entered Egypt, they cried^(B) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent^(C) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

¹⁷ It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,^(A) and performed those great signs^(B) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.

²² Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.