Exodus 6

6Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand^h he will let them go;ⁱ because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”^j

²God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.^{k 3}I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,^al but by my name^m the Lord^bn I did not make myself fully known to them. ⁴I also established my covenant^o with them to give them the land^p of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.^{q 5}Moreover, I have heard the groaning^r of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^s

⁶“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.^t I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem^u you with an outstretched arm^v and with mighty acts of judgment.^{w 7}I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^x Then you will know^y that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. ⁸And I will bring you to the land^z I swore^a with uplifted hand^b to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.^c I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’ ”^d

⁹Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.^e

¹⁰Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹“Go, tell^f Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”^g

¹²But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^h to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^c?”ⁱ

Family Record of Moses and Aaron

¹³Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.^j

¹⁴These were the heads of their families^d:^k

The sons of Reuben^l the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

¹⁵The sons of Simeon^m were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

¹⁶These were the names of the sons of Leviⁿ according to their records: Gershon,^o Kohath and Merari.^p Levi lived 137 years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.^q

¹⁸The sons of Kohath^r were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^s Kohath lived 133 years.

¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.^t

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

²⁰Amram^u married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.^v Amram lived 137 years.

²¹The sons of Izhar^w were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

²²The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan^x and Sithri.

²³Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab^y and sister of Nahshon,^z and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,^a Eleazar^b and Ithamar.^c

²⁴The sons of Korah^d were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

²⁵Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.^e

These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

²⁶It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt^f by their divisions.”^{g 27}They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^h king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.ⁱ

Aaron to Speak for Moses

²⁸Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, ²⁹he said to him, “I am the Lord.^j Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

³⁰But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips,^k why would Pharaoh listen to me?”