4 I also made my agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.
5 Now I have heard the cries of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are treating as slaves, and I remember my agreement.
6 So tell the people of Israel that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will save you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. I will make you free, so you will not be slaves to the Egyptians. I will free you by my great power, and I will punish the Egyptians terribly.
7 I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who saves you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do.
8 I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’ ”
9 So Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him. They were discouraged, and their slavery was hard.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses,