Exodus 6 / 40
- 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."
- 2God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD .
- 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.
- 4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens.
- 5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
- 6"Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD , and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- 7I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- 8And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD .' "
- 9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.
- 10Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 11"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."
- 12But Moses said to the LORD , "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips ?" ( Family Record of Moses and Aaron )
- 13Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
- 14These were the heads of their families : The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
- 15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
- 16These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- 17The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
- 18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- 19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
- 20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- 21The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
- 22The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
- 23Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- 24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
- 25Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
- 26It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."
- 27They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron. ( Aaron to Speak for Moses )
- 28Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,
- 29he said to him, "I am the LORD . Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you."
- 30But Moses said to the LORD , "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"