Exodus 3:13-20
But Moses said to God, "If I come to the Israelites and say to them, 'The
God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his
name?' what shall I say to them?" God said to Moses, " I AM WHO I AM." He
said further, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ' I am has sent me to
you.'" God also said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites,
'The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you':
This is my name forever,
and this my title for all generations.
Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'The LORD, the God
of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has
appeared to me, saying: I have given heed to you and to what has been done
to you in Egypt. I declare that I will bring you up out of the misery of
Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and
honey.' They will listen to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel
shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the
Hebrews, has met with us; let us now go a three days' journey into the
wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.' I know,
however, that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a
mighty hand. So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my
wonders that I will perform in it; after that he will let you go.
