I know their sufferings and have come down to deliver them from the hands of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, in the place of the Canaanites , of the Hittites, of the Amorites, of the Perizzites, of the Hivites and of the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." But Moses said to God: "Who am I to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?" He said, “But I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will serve God on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:7-12, Standard English