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And I will take you as my people,[a] and I will be your God,[b] and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor[c] of Egypt. And I will bring you to the land that I swore[d] to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”

And Moses spoke thus to the Israelites,[e] but they did not listen to Moses, because of discouragement[f] and because of hard work.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:7 Literally “to/for me for a people”
  2. Exodus 6:7 Literally “to/for you for a God”
  3. Exodus 6:7 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
  4. Exodus 6:8 Literally “that I raised my hand”
  5. Exodus 6:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Exodus 6:9 Literally “a lack of spirit” or “shortness of spirit”