Exodus 6:1-7 ▼

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, |Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.|

2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, |I am the LORD.

3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'theLORD' I was not known to them.

4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

5 I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6 Therefore, tell the Israelites, 'I am the LORD. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.