Exodus 3:6-19

6And He said, “1I am the God of your father--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” 2Then Moses hid his face, for he was 3afraid to look at God.

7And the Lord said, “I have certainly 4seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. 8So I have come down 5to rescue them from the 6power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a 7good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of 8the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9And now, behold, 9the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, 10so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” 11But Moses said to God, “11Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” 12And He said, “Assuredly 12I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: 13when you have brought the people out of Egypt, 14you shall 15worship 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?” 14And God said to Moses, “1617I AM WHO 18I AM”; and He said, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘19I AM has sent me to you.’” 15God furthermore said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘20The 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 the 2122name for 23all generations to use to call upon Me. 16Go and 24gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘25The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to me, saying, “2627I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. 17So 28I said, I will bring you up out of the oppression of Egypt to the land of 29the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land 30flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18Then 31they will 32pay attention to what you say; and 33you 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 34three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt 35will not permit you to go, 36except 37under compulsion.