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Exodus 6:3-10 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3. And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

4. And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

5. but also I myself heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant.

6. Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the forced labor of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments.

7. And I will take you as my people, and I will be your God, and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor of Egypt.

8. And I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”

9. And Moses spoke thus to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses, because of discouragement and because of hard work.

10. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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