1. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will use my great power against him, and he will let my people go. He will be so ready for them to leave that he will force them to go.”
2. Then God said to Moses, “I am the Lord.
3. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They called me God All-Powerful. They did not know my name, the Lord.
4. I made an agreement with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.
5. Now, I have heard their painful cries. I know that they are slaves in Egypt. And I remember my agreement.
6. So tell the Israelites that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will save you. You will no longer be slaves of the Egyptians. I will use my great power to make you free, and I will bring terrible punishment to the Egyptians.
7. You will be my people and I will be your God. I am the Lord your God, and you will know that I made you free from Egypt.