Chapter 6
1 Yahweh said to Moses , " Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh , for by a strong hand he shall let them go , and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
2 God spoke to Moses , and said to him , " I am Yahweh .
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac , and to Jacob , as God Almighty ; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them .
4 I have also established my covenant with them , to give them the land of Canaan , the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens .
5 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel , whom the Egyptians keep in bondage , and I have remembered my covenant .
6 Therefore tell the children of Israel , ‘ I am Yahweh , 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 an outstretched arm , and with great judgments .
7 I will take you to myself for a people . I will be your God ; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God , who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians .
8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob ; and I will give it to you for a heritage : I am Yahweh .’"
9 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel , but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit , and for cruel bondage .
10 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
11 " Go in , speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt , that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."
12 Moses spoke before Yahweh , saying , " Behold , the children of Israel haven’t listened to me . How then shall Pharaoh listen to me , when I have uncircumcised lips ?"
13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel , and to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt .
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses . The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel : Hanoch , and Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi ; these are the families of Reuben .
15 The sons of Simeon : Jemuel , and Jamin , and Ohad, and Jachin , and Zohar , and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman ; these are the families of Simeon .
16 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 one hundred thirty-seven years .
17 The sons of Gershon : Libni and Shimei , according to their families .
18 The sons of Kohath : Amram , and Izhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel ; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years .
19 The sons of Merari : Mahli and Mushi . These are the families of the Levites according to their generations .
20 Amram took Jochebed his father ’s sister to himself as wife ; and she bore him Aaron and Moses . The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years .
21 The sons of Izhar : Korah , and Nepheg , and Zichri .
22 The sons of Uzziel : Mishael , Elzaphan, and Sithri .
23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab , the sister of Nahshon , as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The sons of Korah : Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites .
25 Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas . These are the heads of the fathers ’ houses of the Levites according to their families .
26 These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said , " Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies ."
27 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt . These are that Moses and Aaron.
28 On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt ,
29 Yahweh said to Moses , " I am Yahweh . Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you ."
30 Moses said before Yahweh , " Behold , I am of uncircumcised lips , and how shall Pharaoh listen to me ?"