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But the LORD said to Moses , "
Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh ;
for with a strong hand he will send them out ,
yea ,
with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land ."
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And God said to Moses , "
I am the LORD .
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I appeared to Abraham ,
to Isaac ,
and to Jacob ,
as God Almighty ,
but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them .
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I also established my covenant with them ,
to give them the land of Canaan ,
the land in which they dwelt as sojourners .
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Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold in bondage and I have remembered my covenant .
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Say therefore to the people of Israel , `
I am the LORD ,
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians ,
and I will deliver you from their bondage ,
and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment ,
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and I will take you for my people ,
and I will be your God ;
and you shall know that I am the LORD your God ,
who has brought 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 ,
to Isaac ,
and to Jacob ;
I will give it to you for a possession .
I am the LORD .'"
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Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel ;
but they did not listen to Moses ,
because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage .
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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Go in ,
tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land ."
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But Moses said to the LORD , "
Behold ,
the people of Israel have not listened to me ;
how then shall Pharaoh listen to me ,
who am a man of uncircumcised lips ?"
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But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron ,
and gave them a charge to the people of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt .
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These are the heads of their fathers '
houses :
the sons of Reuben ,
the first-born of Israel :
Hanoch ,
Pallu ,
Hezron ,
and Carmi ;
these are the families of Reuben .