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 \v 8  I have come down to free them from the Egyptians' power and to bring them up from that land to a good, large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
 
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-\v 9 And now the shouts of the people of Israel have come to me. Moreover, I have seen the oppression caused by the Egyptians.
+\v 9 Now the shouts of the people of Israel have come to me. Moreover, I have seen the oppression caused by the Egyptians.
 \v 10 Now then, I will send you to Pharaoh so that you may bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
 
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