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Exodus 6:1-12 (MSG)

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¹ GOD said to Moses, "Now you'll see what I'll do to Pharaoh: With a strong hand he'll send them out free; with a strong hand he'll drive them out of his land." ² God continued speaking to Moses, reassuring him, "I am GOD. ³ I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as The Strong God, but by my name GOD (I-Am-Present) I was not known to them. ⁴ I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country in which they lived as sojourners. ⁵ But now I've heard the groanings of the Israelites whom the Egyptians continue to enslave and I've remembered my covenant. ⁶ Therefore tell the Israelites: "I am GOD. I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery. I will redeem you, intervening with great acts of judgment. ⁷ I'll take you as my own people and I'll be God to you. You'll know that I am GOD, your God who brings you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. ⁸ I'll bring you into the land that I promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and give it to you as your own country. I AM GOD." ⁹ But when Moses delivered this message to the Israelites, they didn't even hear him--they were that beaten down in spirit by the harsh slave conditions. ¹⁰ Then GOD said to Moses, ¹¹ "Go and speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he will release the Israelites from his land." ¹² Moses answered GOD, "Look--the Israelites won't even listen to me. How do you expect Pharaoh to? And besides, I stutter."


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 12) Speaking / Gossip / Lying / Slander - Moses - to God "I speak with faltering lips"
(v. 12) Responsibility / Excuses - Moses - to God "I speak with faltering lips"

Definition(s):
Egypt (Ee-jipt): that troubles or oppresses; anguish
Jacob (Jeh-kobb): that supplants, undermines; the heel
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth