Exodus 6

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1. 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land."
2. 2God spoke to Moses and told him, "I am the LORD.
3. 3I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not reveal myself to them by my name, the LORD.
4. 4I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they were strangers.
5. 5Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
6. 6So tell the Israelites this: 'I am the LORD. I will free you from the crushing labor the Egyptians have forced on you. I will rescue you from slavery. I will redeem you with my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
7. 7I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8. 8I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a heritage. I am the LORD.
9. 9Moses spoke to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to him because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
10. 10Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
11. 11"Go and tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let the Israelites leave his land."
12. 12But Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, "Look, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I have uncircumcised lips?"
13. 13The LORD spoke to both Moses and Aaron, giving them orders regarding the Israelites and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
14. 14Here are the leaders of the Israelite clans: The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were the families descended from Reuben.
15. 15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, whose mother was a Canaanite woman. These were the families descended from Simeon.
16. 16Here are the sons of Levi listed by their family lines: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived to be 137 years old.
17. 17The sons of Gershon, by their family lines, were Libni and Shimi.
18. 18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived to be 133 years old.
19. 19The sons of Merari were Mahali and Mushi. These were the family lines of Levi, listed by their generations.
20. 20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived to be 137 years old.
21. 21The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
22. 22The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23. 23Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Naashon. She gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24. 24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the families descended from Korah.
25. 25Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to Phinehas. These were the leaders of the Levite families, listed by their family lines.
26. 26This Aaron and this Moses are the very ones the LORD commanded, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt, organized by their tribal divisions."
27. 27These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of Egypt: this was Moses and Aaron.
28. 28On the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29. 29the LORD said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I say to you."
30. 30Moses said before the LORD, "Look, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?"