The Bible

Exodus Chapter 6

¹Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you'll see what I'll do to Pharaoh, for he will let them go with a strong hand, and with a strong hand he will drive them away from his land."

²God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh. ³I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. ⁴I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, where they lived as foreigners. ⁵Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in slavery, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶Therefore 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 of their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. ⁷I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸I 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.'"

⁹Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel slavery.

¹⁰Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹"Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel leave his land."

¹²Moses spoke in Yahweh's presence, saying, "Look, the children of Israel haven't listened to me, so how would Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?" ¹³Yahweh 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 from the land of Egypt.

¹⁴These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶These 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. ¹⁷The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. ¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ²⁰Amram took Jochebed his father's sister [to be his] wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of Amram's life were one hundred thirty-seven years. ²¹The sons of Izhar were Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ²²The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. ²³Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, [to be his] wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. ²⁵Eleazar 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. ²⁶These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, "Take the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies." ²⁷These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

²⁸On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹Yahweh said to Moses, "I am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you."

³⁰Moses said to Yahweh, "Look, I am of uncircumcised lips, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"