Exodus 6:1–30

¹So Jehovah said to Moses: “Now you will see what I shall do to Phar′aoh, because on account of a strong hand he will send them away and on account of a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

²And God went on to speak to Moses and to say to him: “I am Jehovah.³And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but as respects my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them.⁴And I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Ca′naan, the land of their alien residences in which they resided as aliens.⁵And I, even I, have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I remember my covenant.

⁶“Therefore say to the sons of Israel, ‘I am Jehovah, and I shall certainly bring ​YOU​ out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver ​YOU​ from their slavery, and I shall indeed reclaim ​YOU​ with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.⁷And I shall certainly take ​YOU​ to me as a people, and I shall indeed prove to be God to ​YOU; and ​YOU​ will certainly know that I am Jehovah ​YOUR​ God who is bringing ​YOU​ out from under the burdens of Egypt.⁸And I shall certainly bring ​YOU​ into the land that I raised my hand in oath to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and I shall indeed give it to ​YOU​ as something to possess. I am Jehovah.’”

⁹Afterward Moses spoke to this effect to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses out of discouragement and for the hard slavery.

¹⁰Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:¹¹“Go in, speak to Phar′aoh, Egypt’s king, that he should send the sons of Israel away out of his land.”¹²However, Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying: “Look! The sons of Israel have not listened to me; and how will Phar′aoh ever listen to me, as I am uncircumcised in lips?”¹³But Jehovah continued to speak to Moses and Aaron and to issue the command by them to the sons of Israel and to Phar′aoh, Egypt’s king, in order to bring the sons of Israel out from the land of Egypt.

¹⁴These are the heads of the house of their fathers: The sons of Reu′ben, Israel’s firstborn, were Ha′noch and Pal′lu, Hez′ron and Car′mi. These are the families of Reu′ben.

¹⁵And the sons of Sim′e‧on were Jem‧u′el and Ja′min and O′had and Ja′chin and Zo′har and Sha′ul the son of a Ca′naan‧ite woman. These are the families of Sim′e‧on.

¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Le′vi, according to their family descents: Ger′shon and Ko′hath and Me‧rar′i. And the years of Le′vi’s life were a hundred and thirty‐seven years.

¹⁷The sons of Ger′shon were Lib′ni and Shim′e‧i, according to their families.

¹⁸And the sons of Ko′hath were Am′ram and Iz′har and He′bron and Uz′zi‧el. And the years of Ko′hath’s life were a hundred and thirty‐three years.

¹⁹And the sons of Me‧rar′i were Mah′li and Mu′shi.

These were the families of the Levites, according to their family descents.

²⁰Now Am′ram took Joch′e‧bed his father’s sister as his wife. Later she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Am′ram’s life were a hundred and thirty‐seven years.

²¹And the sons of Iz′har were Ko′rah and Ne′pheg and Zich′ri.

²²And the sons of Uz′zi‧el were Mish′a‧el and El‧za′phan and Sith′ri.

²³Now Aaron took E‧li′she‧ba, Am‧min′a‧dab’s daughter, the sister of Nah′shon, as his wife. Later she bore him Na′dab and A‧bi′hu, El‧e‧a′zar and Ith′a‧mar.

²⁴And the sons of Ko′rah were As′sir and El‧ka′nah and A‧bi′a‧saph. These were the families of the Ko′rah‧ites.

²⁵And El‧e‧a′zar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Pu′ti‧el as his wife. Later she bore him Phin′e‧has.

These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families.

²⁶This is the Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said: “BRING​ the sons of Israel out from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”²⁷They were the ones speaking to Phar′aoh, Egypt’s king, to bring the sons of Israel out from Egypt. This is the Moses and Aaron.

²⁸And it came about on the day that Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,²⁹that Jehovah went on to speak to Moses, saying: “I am Jehovah. Speak to Phar′aoh king of Egypt everything I am speaking to you.”³⁰Then Moses said before Jehovah: “Look! I am uncircumcised in lips, so how will Phar′aoh ever listen to me?”