1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest
of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and
came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of
the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst
of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now
turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.
And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither:
put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon
God. 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my
people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason
of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come
down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large,
unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore,
behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I
have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress
them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out
of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel
out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and
this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou
hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God
upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when
I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The
God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to
me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
