God promised that this same land would be given to their descendants after their escape from Egypt: “And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did sware to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD”. Moses was therefore told to return to Pharaoh and order him to let God’s people go. Moses again expressed his doubt that, as the children of Israel had not listened to him and he was a poor speaker, Pharaoh would take any notice of him. We read God’s answer in the next chapter.
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Verses 4-6
Waiting for response for Exodus 6:4-6God’s answer to Moses’ request for an explanation of Israel’s increased burdens reassured him that he would certainly “bring Israel out from under the burdens of the Egyptians”. God’s dealings with Israel were based on the immutable promise that he had made to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: “I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant”.