Exodus 6:2-8

2 God continued speaking to Moses, reassuring him, "I am God.
3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as The Strong God, but by my name God (I-Am-Present) I was not known to them.
4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country in which they lived as sojourners.
5 But now I've heard the groanings of the Israelites whom the Egyptians continue to enslave and I've remembered my covenant.
6 Therefore tell the Israelites:
7 I'll take you as my own people and I'll be God to you. You'll know that I am God, your God who brings you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt.
8 I'll bring you into the land that I promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and give it to you as your own country. I AM God."
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