The Exodus narratives do not interrupt the promise; instead they perpetuate the same announcements already given to the patriarchs (Exod. 2:24; 3:13, 15, 16, 17; 4:5; 6:2–5; 13:5; 32:13; 33:1; Lev. 26:42, 45; Num. 10:29; 14:23; 32:11). But the new addition to the promise is this: “I will take you for my people” (Exod. 6:7). Already in Genesis 17:7–8 and 28:21 the first part of this tripartite formula had been promised, namely, “I will be your God.” Now