3:13 Moses said 1 to God, “If 2 I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ 3 – what should I say 4 to them?”
3:14 God said to Moses, “I am that I am.” 5 And he said, “You must say this 6 to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 3:15 God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The Lord 7 – 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 8 forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’ 9
3:16 “Go and bring together 10 the elders of Israel and tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, 11 appeared 12 to me – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – saying, “I have attended carefully 13 to you and to what has been done 14 to you in Egypt, 3:17 and I have promised 15 that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, 16 to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
3:18 “The elders 17 will listen 18 to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met 19 with us. So now, let us go 20 three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice 21 to the Lord our God.’ 3:19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, 22 not even under force. 23 3:20 So I will extend my hand 24 and strike Egypt with all my wonders 25 that I will do among them, and after that he will release you. 26
3:21 “I will grant this people favor with 27 the Egyptians, so that when 28 you depart you will not leave empty-handed. 3:22 Every 29 woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying 30 in her house for items of silver and gold 31 and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters – thus you will plunder Egypt!” 32