Chapter 6 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to
Pharaoh.
For with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive
them out of his land.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord, and I appeared unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty.
But by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of
Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage.
And I have remembered my covenant.
Wherefore 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 rid you out of their bondage,
and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm and with great judgments, and 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, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I will bring you in unto the land concerning the which I did swear to give
it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it you for an heritage.
I am the Lord.
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
And Moses spake 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?
And the Lord spake 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.
These be the heads of their fathers' houses, the sons of Reuben, the firstborn
of Israel, Hanuk, and Paliu, Hezron, and Carmi.
These be the families of Reuben, and the sons of Simeon, Jemuel,
and Jaman, and Ohad, and Jacob, and Zohar, and Saul, the son of a
Canaanite woman.
These are the families of Simeon.
And 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 137 years, the sons of Gershon, Libnai,
and Shimei, according to their families, and the sons of Kohath, Amram,
and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzzio.
And the years of the life of Kohath were 133 years, and the sons of Merari,
Mahali, and Mushai.
These are the families of Levi, according to their generations.
And Amram took him Jachobed, his father's sister to wife, and she bare him Aaron and
Moses.
And the years of the life of Amram were 137 years, and the sons of Izhar,
Korah, and Nephig, and Zichri, and the sons of Uzziel, Mishael,
and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
And Aaron took him Elishabah, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahashun,
to wife, and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eliezer, and Ithamar.
And the sons of Korah, Aser, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
These are the families of the Korhites.
And Eliezer, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putil to wife,
and she bare him Phinehas.
These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families.
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt, according to their armies.
These are they which spake to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children
of Israel from Egypt.
These are that Moses and Aaron.
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of
Egypt, that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord.
Speak thou unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I say unto thee.
And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?