Exodus 6

God Promises Deliverance

1But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with aa strong hand he will bdrive them out of his land.”

2God spoke to Moses and said to him, c“I am the Lord. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as dGod Almighty,
Hebrew El Shaddai
but by my name the fLord I did not make myself known to them.
4 gI also established my covenant with them hto give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5Moreover, iI have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6Say therefore to the people of Israel, j‘I am the Lord, and kI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and lI will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7I mwill take you to be my people, and nI will be your God, and you shall know that oI am the Lord your God, who has brought you out pfrom under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8I will bring you into qthe land that I rswore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. sI am the Lord.’” 9Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they tdid not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

10So the Lord said to Moses, 11Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” 12But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have unot listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for vI am of uncircumcised lips?” 13But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

14These are the heads of their fathershouses: the wsons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15The xsons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. 16These are the names of the ysons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. 17The zsons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18The aasons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. 19The absons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. 20 acAmram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. 21 adThe sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22The aesons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of afAmminadab and the sister of agNahshon, and she bore him ahNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24The aisons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. 25Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and ajshe bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.

26These are the Aaron and Moses akto whom the Lord said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt alby their hosts.” 27It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

28On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29the Lord said to Moses, am“I am the Lord; antell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” 30But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, aoI am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”

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