Exodus 6:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 “And now I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel in their bondage to the Egyptians and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Therefore, say to the children of Israel, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your forced labor to the Egyptians. I will free you from their slavery and liberate you with an outstretched arm[a] and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord, your God, who will bring you out from your forced labor to the Egyptians.
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- Exodus 6:6 Outstretched arm: this expression, like “mighty hand” in verse 1, suggests the power with which God intervenes.
Exodus 6:5-7
New International Version
5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning(A) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(B)
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(C) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(D) you with an outstretched arm(E) and with mighty acts of judgment.(F) 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(G) Then you will know(H) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
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