5 but also I myself heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant.
6 Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the forced labor of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments.
7 And I will take you as my people, and I will be your God, and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor of Egypt.
8 And I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”
9 And Moses spoke thus to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses, because of discouragement and because of hard work.
10 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and let him release the Israelites from his land.”