⁶ Then he continued, ‘I am the God of your father,^[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^(A) Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

¹⁵ God also said to Moses, ‘Say this to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name for ever;^(A) this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

¹⁷ And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.’^(A)

²⁰ So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff^(A) in his hand.

⁹ The Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,^(A) so that the people will hear when I speak^(B) with you and will always believe you.’ Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord,