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Then he said, "I am the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

And Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.

Then he instructed them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me among my ancestors in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

‘My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am about to die. In the tomb that I have hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan—there you must bury me." So then, please let me go up and let me bury my father; then I will return.'"

Then Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will certainly visit you and bring you up from this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, "I am an alien in a foreign land."

And Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him from the midst of the bush, and he said, "Moses, Moses." And he said, "Here I am."

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face because he was afraid of looking at God.

But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out from Egypt?"

And he said, "Because I am with you, and this will be the sign for you that I myself have sent you: When you bring the people out from Egypt, you will serve God on this mountain."

And God said to Moses, "I am that I am." And he said, "So you must say to the Israelites, ‘I am sent me to you.'"

And Moses said to Yahweh, "Please, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither recently nor in the past nor since your speaking to your servant, because I am heavy of mouth and of tongue."

And I said to you, "Release my son and let him serve me," but you refused to release him. Look, I am about to kill your son, your firstborn.'"

And the slave drivers of the people and their foremen went out, and they spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not giving you straw.

And God spoke to Moses, and he said to him, "I am Yahweh.

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.

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.

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."

And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Look, the Israelites do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am a poor speaker?"