3 Moses became a shepherd of the flock of his father-in-law Yethʹro, the priest of Midʹi·an. While he was leading the flock to the west side of the wilderness, he eventually came to the mountain of the true Al {pre. Ahl}, to Horʹeb. 2 Then Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire in the midst of a thornbush. As he kept looking, he saw that the thornbush was on fire, and yet the thornbush was not consumed. 3 So Moses said: “I will go over to inspect this unusual sight to see why the thornbush does not burn up.” 4 When Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} saw that he went over to look, Al {pre. Ahl} called to him out of the thornbush and said: “Moses! Moses!” to which he said: “Here I am.” 5 Then he said: “Do not come any nearer. Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
6 He went on to say: “I am the Al {pre. Ahl} of your father, the Al {pre. Ahl} of Avraham, the Al {pre. Ahl} of Isaac, and the Al {pre. Ahl} of Yacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at the true Al {pre. Ahl}. 7 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} added: “I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of those who force them to work; I well know the pains they suffer. 8 I will go down to rescue them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and spacious, a land flowing with milk and honey, the territory of the Caʹnaan·ites, the Hitʹtites, the Amʹor·ites, the Perʹiz·zites, the Hiʹvites, and the Yebʹu·sites. 9 Now look! The outcry of the people of Isra'Al has reached me, and I have seen also the harsh way that the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 Now come, I will send you to Pharʹaoh, and you will bring my people the Isra'Al·ites out of Egypt.”
11 However, Moses said to the true Al {pre. Ahl}: “Who am I that I should go to Pharʹaoh and bring the Isra'Al·ites out of Egypt?” 12 To this he said: “I will prove to be with you, and this is the sign for you that it was I who sent you: After you have brought the people out of Egypt, you people will serve the true Al {pre. Ahl} on this mountain.”
13 But Moses said to the true Al {pre. Ahl}: “Suppose I go to the Isra'Al·ites and say to them, ‘The Al {pre. Ahl} of your forefathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What should I say to them?” 14And Al’hym said unto Mos’hi, Ahyah {Ay'ah} asher Ihyah (I am Ahyah {Ay'ah} who is called Ea [The god Ea (whose Sumerian equivalent was Enki) is one of the three most powerful gods in the Mesopotamian pantheon], in other words, “I am Ahyah {Ay'ah}, Spirit Sacred Father, avkadush, and they are calling me Ea”]. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Isra’Al, Ahyah {Ay'ah} hath sent me unto you.15 And Al’hym said moreover unto Mos’hi, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Isra’Al, Ahv’ah {Heb. Yahvah}, Al {pre. Ahl} of your fathers, Al’hi of Avraham, Al’hi of Isaac, and Al’hi of Yacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Now go, and gather the elders of Isra'Al and say to them, ‘Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} the Al {pre. Ahl} of your forefathers has appeared to me, the Al {pre. Ahl} of Avraham, Isaac, and Yacob, and he said: “I have certainly taken notice of you and of what is being done to you in Egypt. 17 So I say, I will take you away from affliction at the hands of the Egyptians to the land of the Caʹnaan·ites, the Hitʹtites, the Amʹor·ites, the Perʹiz·zites, the Hiʹvites, and the Yebʹu·sites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
18 “They will certainly listen to your voice, and you will go, you and the elders of Isra'Al, to the king of Egypt, and you men should say to him: ‘Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} the Al {pre. Ahl} of the Hebrews has communicated with us. So, please, let us make a three-day journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} our Al {pre. Ahl}.’ 19 But I myself well know that the king of Egypt will not give you permission to go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20 So I will have to stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my extraordinary acts that I will do in it, and after that he will send you out. 21 And I will give this people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians, and when you go, you will by no means go empty-handed. 22 Each woman must ask her neighbor and the woman lodging in her house for articles of silver and of gold as well as clothing, and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; and you will plunder the Egyptians.”