Exo 6:6 | NET2full | STEP | Therefore , tell the Israelites , ‘ I am the Lord . I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians , I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments .

‏ Exodus 6:6

6 Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out ^{▼▼tn The verb וְהוֹצֵאתִי (vehotseʾti) is a perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive, and so it receives a future translation—part of God’s promises. The word will be used later to begin the Decalogue and other covenant passages—“I am Yahweh who brought you out….”} from your enslavement to ^{▼▼tn Heb “from under the burdens of” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “from under the yoke of.”} the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, ^{▼▼tn Heb “from labor of them.” The antecedent of the pronoun is the Egyptians who have imposed slave labor on the Hebrews.} and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.