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Exodus 3:11
ESV But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
NIV But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
NASB But Moses said to God, 'Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?'
CSB But Moses asked God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
NLT But Moses protested to God, 'Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?'
KJV And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
NKJV But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

What does Exodus 3:11 mean?

Speaking from a miraculously burning bush (Exodus 3:1–4), God says He will send Moses to spearhead the liberation of Israel from Egyptian slavery (Exodus 3:9–10). Moses clearly understands the scope of the mission. He repeats the calling of going to Pharaoh and bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. This task was overwhelming. Moses responds to God's call with doubt. He does not see himself as the best person to free the Jews, or as an appropriate leader for the task.

However, God often calls unlikely people to accomplish His greatest tasks. God previously used Abraham (Genesis 12:1¬–3) to serve as founder of the Jewish people. He used Joseph as a man raised from slavery and imprisonment (Genesis 41:14, 41–42) to save countless lives from famine (Genesis 50:20). God had already used Moses' mother and sister to save his own life (Exodus 1:22; 2:1–4). Now God is calling an eighty-year-old (Exodus 7:7) exiled shepherd (Exodus 2:14–15) to rescue slaves from the hands of the world's most powerful ruler. Moses realizes the difficulty of the mission. Only God's power would be sufficient to accomplish it.
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