6Exodus 6

1And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.'Select Exodus 6:1

2And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am the LORD;Select Exodus 6:2

3and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Jehovah I made Me not known to them.Select Exodus 6:3

4And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.Select Exodus 6:4

5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.Select Exodus 6:5

6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments;Select Exodus 6:6

7and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.Select Exodus 6:7

8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'Select Exodus 6:8

9And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.Select Exodus 6:9

10And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:Select Exodus 6:10

11'Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.'Select Exodus 6:11

12And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: 'Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?'Select Exodus 6:12

13And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.Select Exodus 6:13

14These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.Select Exodus 6:14

15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. These are the families of Simeon.Select Exodus 6:15

16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.Select Exodus 6:16

17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.Select Exodus 6:17

18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.Select Exodus 6:18

19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.Select Exodus 6:19

20And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.Select Exodus 6:20

21And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.Select Exodus 6:21

22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.Select Exodus 6:22

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

24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.Select Exodus 6:24

25And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.Select Exodus 6:25

26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: 'Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.'Select Exodus 6:26

27These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.Select Exodus 6:27

28And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt,Select Exodus 6:28

29that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.'Select Exodus 6:29

30And Moses said before the LORD: 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?'Select Exodus 6:30