Exodus 3:11-22

11But Moses said to God, “1Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” 12And He said, “Certainly 2I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: 3when you have brought the people out of Egypt, 4you shall 5worship God at this mountain.”

13Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14God said to Moses, “67I AM WHO 8I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘9I AM has sent me to you.’” 15God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘10The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My 11memorial-name 12to all generations. 16Go and 13gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘14The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “1516I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. 17So 17I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of 18the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land 19flowing with milk and honey.”’ 1820They will 21pay heed to what you say; and 22you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a 23three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt 24will not permit you to go, 25except 26under compulsion. 20So I will stretch out 27My hand and strike Egypt with all My 28miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and 29after that he will let you go. 21I will grant this people 30favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. 22But every woman 31shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will 32plunder the Egyptians.”