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Ramban on Exodus 6:6/רמב"ן על שמות ו׳:ו׳
אוְהוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מִתַּחַת סִבְלֹת מִצְרַיִם יַבְטִיחֵם שֶׁיּוֹצִיא אוֹתָם מֵאַרְצָם וְלֹא יִסְבְּלוּ עוֹד כֹּבֶד מַשָּׂאָם:
1AND I WILL BRING YOU OUT FROM UNDER THE BURDENS OF THE EGYPTIANS. He assured them that He will take them out from the land of the Egyptians and that they will no longer suffer from their heavy burden.
בוְהִצַּלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מֵעֲבוֹדָתָם שֶׁלֹּא יִמְשְׁלוּ בָּהֶם כְּלָל לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם בִּמְקוֹמָם לְמַס עוֹבֵד:
2AND I WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THEIR BONDAGE. The Egyptians will no longer rule over them at all, nor will they subject them to be a servant under tribute40 wherever they live.
גוְגָאַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם כִּי יַעֲשֶׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים עַד שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ הַמִּצְרִים הִנֵּה לְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפִדְיוֹן נַפְשֵׁנוּ, כִּי טַעַם גְּאֻלָּה כְּעִנְיַן מֶכֶר: וְטַעַם בִּזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה שֶׁתִּהְיֶה יָדוֹ נְטוּיָה עֲלֵיהֶם עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיאֵם:
3AND I WILL REDEEM YOU. He will bring such judgments upon them until the Egyptians will say: “Here You have the Israelites as a redemption for our lives.” The meaning of the word g’ulah (redemption) is close to the subject of mecher (sale), [thus implying that “I will buy you from the Egyptians”]. And the meaning of the expression, with an outstretched arm, is that His arm will be extended over them until He takes them out from Egypt.