Exodus Chapter 6 Back Next{6:1} Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
{6:2} God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
{6:3} and I appeared to
Abraham, to
Isaac, and to
Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
{6:4} I have also established my
covenant with them, to give them the land of
Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
{6:5} Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of
Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
{6:6} Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
{6:7} and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
{6:8} I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"
{6:9} Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
{6:10} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{6:11} "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."
{6:12} Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
{6:13} Yahweh spoke to Moses and to
Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
{6:14} These are the heads of their
fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and
Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
{6:15} The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
{6:16} These are the names of the sons of
Levi according to their generations:
Gershon, and
Kohath, and
Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
{6:17} The sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
{6:18} The sons of Kohath:
Amram, and
Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
{6:19} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the
Levites according to their generations.
{6:20} Amram took
Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
{6:21} The sons of Izhar:
Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
{6:22} The sons of Uzziel:
Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
{6:23} Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of
Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and
Abihu,
Eleazar and
Ithamar.
{6:24} The sons of Korah: Assir, and
Elkanah, and
Abiasaph; these are the families of the
Korahites.
{6:25} Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.
{6:26} These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies."
{6:27} These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
{6:28} It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
{6:29} that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
{6:30} Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
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