Exodus 3

1 Moses/I was taking care of the sheep that belonged to his/my father-in-law Jethro, the priest of the Midian [people]. He/I led the flock across the desert and came to Horeb, [the mountain that was later called Sinai], the (mountain that [had been dedicated to] God/taboo mountain).

and Moses to be to pasture [obj] flock Jethro relative his priest Midian and to lead [obj] [the] flock after [the] wilderness and to come (in): come to(wards) mountain: mount [the] God Horeb [to]

2 [One day] Yahweh (appeared/revealed himself) to him/me, [looking like] an angel. The angel appeared in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush [that was burning]. Moses/I looked at it, and he/I was surprised that the bush was burning, but it was not burning up.

and to see: see messenger: angel LORD to(wards) him in/on/with flame fire from midst [the] bush and to see: see and behold [the] bush to burn: burn in/on/with fire and [the] bush nothing he to eat

3 Moses/I thought, “I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?”

and to say Moses to turn aside: turn aside please and to see: see [obj] [the] appearance [the] great: large [the] this why? not to burn: burn [the] bush

4 When Yahweh saw that he/I had come closer, he called to Moses/me from the middle of the bush, saying, “Moses! Moses!” He/I replied, “[Yes], here I am.”

and to see: see LORD for to turn aside: turn aside to/for to see: see and to call: call out to(wards) him God from midst [the] bush and to say Moses Moses and to say behold I

5 Yahweh said, “Do not come closer! [Because I am God], the ground on which you are standing is holy/taboo. So take off your sandals [to show respect to me].”

and to say not to present: come here to slip sandal your from upon foot your for [the] place which you(m. s.) to stand: stand upon him land: soil holiness he/she/it

6 Then he said, “I am God, whom your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped].” So Moses/I covered his/my face, because he/I was afraid [that God would kill him/me] if he/I looked at him.

and to say I God father your God Abraham God Isaac and God Jacob and to hide Moses face his for to fear from to look to(wards) [the] God

7 Then Yahweh said, “I have seen how cruelly [they are treating] my people in Egypt. I have heard them (wailing/crying out) [for help] because of what the slave-drivers [are forcing them to do]. I know how my people are suffering.

and to say LORD to see: see to see: see [obj] affliction people my which in/on/with Egypt and [obj] cry their to hear: hear from face: because to oppress him for to know [obj] pain his

8 So I have come down [from heaven] to rescue them from the Egyptians [SYN]. I have come to bring them up from that land [to the highlands in Canaan]. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY]. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live].

and to go down to/for to rescue him from hand: power Egypt and to/for to ascend: establish him from [the] land: country/planet [the] he/she/it to(wards) land: country/planet pleasant and broad: wide to(wards) land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey to(wards) place [the] Canaanite and [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite

9 Truly I have now heard my Israeli people crying [PRS]. I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

and now behold cry son: descendant/people Israel to come (in): come to(wards) me and also to see: see [obj] [the] oppression which Egyptian to oppress [obj] them

10 So you go [back] to Egypt. I am sending you to the king, in order that [he may permit] you to bring my people, the Israeli people, out of Egypt.”

and now to go: come! [emph?] and to send: depart you to(wards) Pharaoh and to come out: send [obj] people my son: descendant/people Israel from Egypt

11 But Moses/I replied, “I am not a well-known person [RHQ]! (I cannot go to the king and [ask him to permit me] to bring the Israeli people out of Egypt!/How can I go to the king and [ask him to allow me to] bring the Israeli people out of Egypt?)” [RHQ]

and to say Moses to(wards) [the] God who? I for to go: went to(wards) Pharaoh and for to come out: send [obj] son: descendant/people Israel from Egypt

12 God replied, “I will be with you. And when you bring [my] people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me [right] here on this mountain. That will prove that I am the one who sent you [to them].”

and to say for to be with you and this to/for you [the] sign: miraculous for I to send: depart you in/on/with to come out: send you [obj] [the] people from Egypt to serve: minister [emph?] [obj] [the] God upon [the] mountain: mount [the] this

13 Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?”

and to say Moses to(wards) [the] God behold I to come (in): come to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to say to/for them God father your to send: depart me to(wards) you and to say to/for me what? name his what? to say to(wards) them

14 God replied, “I AM who I AM.” And he said, “Tell the Israeli people that the one who is [named] ‘I AM’ has sent me to you.”

and to say God to(wards) Moses to be which to be and to say thus to say to/for son: descendant/people Israel to be to send: depart me to(wards) you

15 God also said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob [worshiped], has sent me to you.’ This name, [Yahweh], will be my name forever. That is the name that [people in] all future generations [must use when they talk about/to] me.

and to say still God to(wards) Moses thus to say to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel LORD God father your God Abraham God Isaac and God Jacob to send: depart me to(wards) you this name my to/for forever: enduring and this memorial my to/for generation generation

16 Go [to Egypt] and gather together the elders/leaders of the Israeli people, and say to them, ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped], appeared to me. He said to him/me, “I have been watching closely what the Egyptian people have done to you.

to go: went and to gather [obj] old: elder Israel and to say to(wards) them LORD God father your to see: see to(wards) me God Abraham Isaac and Jacob to/for to say to reckon: visit to reckon: visit [obj] you and [obj] [the] to make: do to/for you in/on/with Egypt

17 I promise that I will rescue you from being oppressed in Egypt, and [I will take you] to the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live]. It is a land good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY].”’

and to say to ascend: establish [obj] you from affliction Egypt to(wards) land: country/planet [the] Canaanite and [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite to(wards) land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey

18 My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to [a place in] the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’

and to hear: hear to/for voice your and to come (in): come you(m. s.) and old: elder Israel to(wards) king Egypt and to say to(wards) him LORD God [the] Hebrew to meet upon us and now to go: went please way: journey three day in/on/with wilderness and to sacrifice to/for LORD God our

19 But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am [more] powerful [MTY] [than he is].

and I to know for not to give: allow [obj] you king Egypt to/for to go: went and not in/on/with hand: power strong

20 So I will use my power [MTY] to strike/punish [the people of] Egypt [MTY] by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave.

and to send: reach [obj] hand my and to smite [obj] Egyptian in/on/with all to wonder my which to make: do in/on/with entrails: among his and after so to send: reach [obj] you

21 [When that happens], I will cause the people of Egypt to respect you. [The result will be that] when you leave Egypt, (you will not go empty-handed/they will give you many [valuable] things to take with you).

and to give: give [obj] favor [the] people [the] this in/on/with eye: seeing Egyptian and to be for to go: went [emph?] not to go: went emptily

22 [At that time], each [Israeli] woman will ask her [Egyptian] neighbors and each [Egyptian] woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to [give her] some silver and gold jewelry and some [nice] clothes. [Each Egyptian woman will give them some], and you will put them on your sons and daughters [to take with you]. In that way you will (take away/confiscate) the wealth of the Egyptian people.”

and to ask woman from neighboring her and from to sojourn house: home her article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and mantle and to set: put upon son: child your and upon daughter your and to rescue [obj] Egyptian