¹³ Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”

¹⁸ Then ^(A)they will ^[a]pay attention to what you say; and ^(B)you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please let us go a ^(C)three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

²² Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: “^(A)Israel is My son, My firstborn.

Israel’s Labor Increased

5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “^(A)This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘^(B)Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”