Exodus 6
1 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. 2 And
God spake unto
Moses, and
said unto him, I am the
LORD: 3 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.
4 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.
5 And I have also
heard the
groaning of the
children of
Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in
bondage; and I have
remembered my
covenant. 6 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: 7 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. 8 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. 9 And
Moses spake so unto the
children of
Israel: but they
hearkened not unto
Moses for
anguish of
spirit, and for
cruel bondage. 10 And the
LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
11 Go in,
speak unto
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, that he let the
children of
Israel go
out of his
land. 12 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? 13 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. 14 These be the
heads of their
fathers' houses: The
sons of
Reuben the
firstborn of
Israel; Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi: these be the
families of
Reuben. 15 And 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. 16 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 an
hundred thirty and
seven years. 17 The
sons of
Gershon; Libni, and
Shimi, according to their
families. 18 And the
sons of
Kohath; Amram, and
Izhar, and
Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the
years of the
life of
Kohath were an
hundred thirty and
three years. 19 And the
sons of
Merari; Mahali and
Mushi: these are the
families of
Levi according to their
generations. 20 And
Amram took him
Jochebed his father's
sister to
wife; and she
bare him
Aaron and
Moses: and the
years of the
life of
Amram were an
hundred and
thirty and
seven years. 21 And the
sons of
Izhar; Korah, and
Nepheg, and
Zichri. 22 And the
sons of
Uzziel; Mishael, and
Elzaphan, and
Zithri. 23 And
Aaron took him
Elisheba, daughter of
Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to
wife; and she
bare him
Nadab, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. 24 And the
sons of
Korah; Assir, and
Elkanah, and
Abiasaph: these are the
families of the
Korhites. 25 And
Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the
daughters of
Putiel to
wife; and she
bare him
Phinehas: these are the
heads of the
fathers of the
Levites according to their
families. 26 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. 27 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. 28 And it came to pass on the
day when the
LORD spake unto
Moses in the
land of
Egypt, 29 That the
LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, I am the
LORD: speak thou unto
Pharaoh king of
Egypt all that I
say unto thee.
30 And
Moses said before the
LORD, Behold, I am of
uncircumcised lips, and how shall
Pharaoh hearken unto me?