13Moses said to God: “Behold, I will go to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ If they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO AM.” He said: “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: ‘HE WHO IS has sent me to you.’” 15And God said again to Moses: “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is the name for me in eternity, and this is my memorial from generation to generation. 16Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: When visiting, I have visited you, and I have seen all that has befallen you in Egypt. 17And I have spoken in order to lead you out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and Hittite, and Amorite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.’ 18And they shall hear your voice. And you shall enter, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has called us. We shall go three days’ journey into the wilderness, in order to offer sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt will not release you, unless you go out by a powerful hand. 20For I will extend my hand, and I will strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do in the midst of them. After these things, he will release you.
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations. 2Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders. 3Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 4Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always. 5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth: 6you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect. 7He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth. 8He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations, 9which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. 10And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament, 11saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance. 12Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there, 13and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, 14he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf. 15Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets. 16And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread. 17He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave. 18They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul, 19until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him. 20The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him. 21He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions, 22so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence. 23And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham. 24And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies. 25He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants. 26He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose. 27He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.