6Exodus 6

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you are going to see what I will do to the king. I will force him to let my people go. In fact, I will force him to drive them out of his land.”Select Exodus 6:1

God Calls Moses

2God spoke to Moses and said, “I am the Lord.Select Exodus 6:2

3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the Lord.Select Exodus 6:3

4I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.Select Exodus 6:4

5Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.Select Exodus 6:5

6So tell the Israelites that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.Select Exodus 6:6

7I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.Select Exodus 6:7

8I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the Lord.’”Select Exodus 6:8

9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.Select Exodus 6:9

10Then the Lord said to Moses,Select Exodus 6:10

11“Go and tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”Select Exodus 6:11

12But Moses replied, “Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker.”Select Exodus 6:12

13The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron: “Tell the Israelites and the king of Egypt that I have ordered you to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.”Select Exodus 6:13

The Family Record of Moses and Aaron

14Reuben, Jacob's first-born, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.Select Exodus 6:14

15Simeon had six sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.Select Exodus 6:15

16Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Levi lived 137 years.Select Exodus 6:16

17Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.Select Exodus 6:17

18Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.Select Exodus 6:18

19Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi with their descendants.Select Exodus 6:19

20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.Select Exodus 6:20

21Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.Select Exodus 6:21

22Uzziel also had three sons: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.Select Exodus 6:22

23Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Select Exodus 6:23

24Korah had three sons: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; they were the ancestors of the divisions of the clan of Korah.Select Exodus 6:24

25Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of Putiel's daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the families and the clans of the tribe of Levi.Select Exodus 6:25

26Aaron and Moses were the ones to whom the Lord said, “Lead the tribes of Israel out of Egypt.”Select Exodus 6:26

27They were the men who told the king of Egypt to free the Israelites.Select Exodus 6:27

The 's Command to Moses and Aaron

28When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,Select Exodus 6:28

29he said, “I am the Lord. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you.”Select Exodus 6:29

30But Moses answered, “You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?”Select Exodus 6:30