Before acting, God told Moses: “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘ I am Jehovah, and I shall certainly bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from their slavery, and I shall indeed reclaim you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
وَلكِنْ قَبْلَمَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللهُ هذَا ٱلْإِجْرَاءَ ،‏ قَالَ لِمُوسَى :‏ « قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ :‏ ‹ أَنَا يَهْوَهُ ،‏ وَأَنَا أُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَعْبَاءِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّتِهِمْ ،‏ وَأَسْتَرِدُّكُمْ بِذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ وَبِأَحْكَامٍ عَظِيمَةٍ .‏