2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, ^u“I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as ^vGod Almighty,¹ but ^wby my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. 4 ^xI also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the ^ygroaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as ^zslaves, and I have ^aremembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and ^bI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of ^cjudgment. 7 ^dI will ^etake you to be 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. 8 I will bring you into the land that I ^fswore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’”