Exodus 6
6
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to the king of Egypt. I will use my great power against him, and he will let my people go. Because of my power, he will force them out of his country.”
2Then God said to Moses, “I am the Lord. 3I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by the name, God All-Powerful. But they did not know me by my name, the Lord. 4I also made my agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own land. 5Now I have heard the cries of the Israelites. The Egyptians are treating them as slaves. And I remember my agreement. 6So tell the people of Israel that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will save you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. I will make you free. You will not be slaves to the Egyptians. I will free you by my great power. And I will punish the Egyptians terribly. 7I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God. I am the One who saves you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. 8I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’”
9So Moses told this to the people of Israel. But they would not listen to him. They were discouraged, and their slavery was hard.
10Then the Lord said to Moses, 11“Go tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”
12But Moses answered, “The Israelites will not listen to me. So surely the king will not listen to me, either. I am not a good speaker.”
13But the Lord told Moses and Aaron to talk to the king. He commanded them to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Families of Israel
14These are the leaders of the families of Israel:
Israel’s first son, Reuben, had four sons. They were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the family groups of Reuben.
15Simeon’s sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul. Shaul was the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the family groups of Simeon.
16Levi lived 137 years. These are the names of his sons according to their family history: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
17Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei, with their families.
18Kohath lived 133 years. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
These are the family groups of Levi, according to their family history.
20Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed. Jochebed gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
21Izhar’s sons were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
22Uzziel’s sons were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
23Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the family groups of the Korahites.
25Eleazar son of Aaron married a daughter of Putiel. And she gave birth to Phinehas.
These are the leaders of the family groups of the Levites.
26This was the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord spoke. He said, “Lead my people out of Israel in their divisions.” 27Aaron and Moses are the ones who talked to the king of Egypt. They told him to let the people of Israel leave Egypt.
God Repeats His Call to Moses
28The Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt. 29He said, “I am the Lord. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you.”
30But Moses answered, “I am not a good speaker. The king will not listen to me.”
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Exodus 6
6
Yahweh Discusses His Name and Israel’s Future
1And Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, because with a strong hand he will release them, and with a strong hand he will drive them out from his land.”
2And God spoke to Moses, and he said to him, “I am Yahweh. 3And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai,#Often translated as “Almighty” but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. 4And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens, 5but also I myself heard the groaning of the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant. 6Therefore say to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the forced labor#Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor” of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments. 7And I will take you as my people,#Literally “to/for me for a people” and I will be your God,#Literally “to/for you for a God” and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor#Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor” of Egypt. 8And I will bring you to the land that I swore#Literally “that I raised my hand” to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”
9And Moses spoke thus to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” but they did not listen to Moses, because of discouragement#Literally “a lack of spirit” or “shortness of spirit” and because of hard work.
10And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11“Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and let him release the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” from his land.” 12And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Look, the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am a poor speaker?”#Literally “uncircumcised of lips” 13And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he commanded them to go to the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” out from the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14These are the heads of their families.#Literally “the house of their fathers”
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.
15And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jakin and Zohar and Shaul the son of the Canaanitess.#Or “the Canaanite woman.” The Hebrew word is feminine These are the clans of Simeon.
16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:#Or “generations” Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.#Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
17The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.
18And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.#Literally “three and thirty and hundred of year”
19And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.#Or “generations”
20And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.#Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
21And the sons of Izhar are Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.
22And the sons of Uzziel are Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
23And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24And the sons of Korah are Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.
25And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families#Literally “fathers” of the Levites according to their clans.
26It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions.” 27They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.
28And so it was on a certain day#Literally “and it was on a day” Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt. 29And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I am speaking to you.” 30And Moses said before Yahweh, “Look, I am a poor speaker.#Literally “uncircumcised of lips” And how will Pharaoh listen to me?”
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