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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land."
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And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the Lord.
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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.
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I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
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And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
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Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
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I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.' "
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So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.