Shemos 3:14 · unit 1 — I Will Be What I Will Be

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

And God said to Moses, “Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh,”iEhyeh-Asher-Ehyeh Meaning of Heb. uncertain; variously translated: “I Am That I Am”; “I Am Who I Am”; “I Will Be What I Will Be”; etc. continuing, “Thus shall you say to the Israelites, ‘Ehyeh sent me to you.’”

Chabad.org — 3:14

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 9b (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

English: “I Will Be What I Will Be” — the Holy One said to Moshe: Go say to Israel, “I was with you in this bondage and I will be with you in the bondage of the [later] kingdoms.” Moshe said before Him: Master of the Universe, sufficient is the trouble in its time.