Exodus 3:13
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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?Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
In other translations
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?Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872אֶל־'el-toH413הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595בָאva'[am] about to goH935אֶל־'el-toH413בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְאָמַרְתִּיve'amartiand I will sayH559לָהֶםlahemto <the> themאֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם'avoteikhemancestors yourH1שְׁלָחַנִיshelachanihe has sent meH7971אֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemto youH413וְאָמְרוּ־ve'ameru-and they will sayH559לִיlito <the> meמַה־mah-what?H4100שְּׁמוֹshemo[is] name hisH8034מָהmahwhat?H4100אֹמַר'omarwill I sayH559אֲלֵהֶם׃'alehemto themH413
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