Verse 13

Exodus 3:13

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13 And Moses said to God (Elohim), When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God (Elohim) of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְ/אָמַרְתִּ֣י לָ/הֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣/נִי אֲלֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/אָֽמְרוּ לִ֣/י מַה שְּׁמ֔/וֹ מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵ/הֶֽם

English Translation

And Moses said to God, "Here I am coming to the children of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they will ask me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"

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Chapter 3 Context

1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he too... Focus ↗

2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw... Focus ↗

3 And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up, Focus ↗

4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God (Elohim) said his name out of the tree, cr... Focus ↗

5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is ho... Focus ↗

6 And he said, I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, the God (Elohim) of... Focus ↗

7 And God (Elohim) said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of... Focus ↗

8 And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land i... Focus ↗

9 For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviou... Focus ↗

10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel,... Focus ↗

11 And Moses said to God (Elohim), Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egy... Focus ↗

12 And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when y... Focus ↗

13 And Moses said to God (Elohim), When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God (Eloh...

14 And God (Elohim) said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has s... Focus ↗

15 And God (Elohim) went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God (Elohim... Focus ↗

17 And I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and t... Focus ↗

18 And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the ki... Focus ↗

19 And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced. Focus ↗

20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and a... Focus ↗

21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go... Focus ↗

22 For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of sil... Focus ↗

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Book: Exodus
Chapter: Chapter 3 (22 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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