[6:2] God spoke to Moses and said, “I am the Lord.
[6:3] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the Lord.
[6:4] I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.
[6:5] Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
[6:6] So tell the Israelites that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.
[6:7] I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.
[6:8] I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the Lord.’”
[6:9] Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.
[6:10] Then the Lord said to Moses,
[6:11] “Go and tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”
[6:12] But Moses replied, “Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker.”
[6:13] The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron: “Tell the Israelites and the king of Egypt that I have ordered you to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.”