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Exodus 3:13

The Burning Bush

Moses said to God, "Look, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they will say to me, 'What is his name?' What shall I say to them?"

The verb שְׁלָחַנִי (sh'lachani) carries the same sent/sender dynamic as apostellō in Greek — Moses is explicitly positioned as one dispatched by another, preserving the clear distinction between the sender (God) and the one sent (Moses). The word הִנֵּה (hinneh) is rendered "look" rather than the softer "behold" to maintain plain modern English while preserving its exclamatory force. The question מַה־שְּׁמוֹ ("what is his name?") is translated directly, anticipating the divine name disclosure that follows in verse 14.

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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?”

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?

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