5:22 1 Moses returned 2 to the Lord, and said, “Lord, 3 why have you caused trouble for this people? 4 Why did you ever 5 send me? 5:23 From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble 6 for this people, and you have certainly not rescued 7 them!” 8
6:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, 9 for compelled by my strong hand 10 he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” 11
6:2 God spoke 12 to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. 13 6:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as 14 God Almighty, 15 but by 16 my name ‘the Lord’ 17 I was not known to them. 18 6:4 I also established my covenant with them 19 to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners. 20 6:5 I 21 have also heard 22 the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, 23 and I have remembered my covenant. 24 6:6 Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out 25 from your enslavement to 26 the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, 27 and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 6:7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. 28 Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to 29 the Egyptians. 6:8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give 30 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob – and I will give it to you 31 as a possession. I am the Lord!’”
6:9 32 Moses told this 33 to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him 34 because of their discouragement 35 and hard labor. 6:10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 6:11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release 36 the Israelites from his land.” 6:12 But Moses replied to 37 the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then 38 how will Pharaoh listen to me, since 39 I speak with difficulty?” 40