Moses Sent to Pharaoh and the Name I Am That I Am

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 20:3

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Exodus 4:21:) "And the LORD said to Moses: When you go to return to Egypt." The Holy One, blessed be He, showed him the miracles that He was destined to perform for him. And He had said to him (Exodus 3:16): "Go and gather the elders of Israel," and so forth, and afterward you are to go to Pharaoh. Moses said: If they say to me (Exodus 3:13), "What is His name?", what shall I say to them? He said to him: Say to them (Exodus 3:14), "I am that I am."

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