“Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm(A) and great acts of judgment. I will take you as my people,(B) and I will be your God. You will know(C) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians. I will bring you to the land that I swore[a](D) to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6:8 Lit raised my hand

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(A) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(B) you with an outstretched arm(C) and with mighty acts of judgment.(D) I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(E) Then you will know(F) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land(G) I swore(H) with uplifted hand(I) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.(J) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”(K)

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