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.