6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For awith a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand bhe will drive them out of his land.”

2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am 1the Lord. 3 cI appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as dGod Almighty, but by My name eLord 2I was not known to them. 4 fI have also 3established My covenant with them, gto give them the land of Canaan, the land of their 4pilgrimage, hin which they were 5strangers. 5 And iI have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: j‘I am the Lord; kI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will lrescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with 6an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will mtake you as My people, and nI will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out ofrom under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you into the land which I pswore 7to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ” 9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; qbut they did not heed Moses, because of ranguish 8of spirit and cruel bondage.

10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

12 And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for sI am 9of uncircumcised lips?”

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a tcommand 1for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Family of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: uThe sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. 15 vAnd the sons of Simeon were 2Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon. 16 These are the names of wthe sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven. 17 xThe sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families. 18 And ythe sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three. 19 zThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 Now aAmram took for himself bJochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him cAaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven. 21 dThe sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And ethe sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of fAmminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him gNadab, Abihu, hEleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And ithe sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and jshe bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their karmies.” 327 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, lto bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.

Aaron is Moses’ Spokesman

28 And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. mSpeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

30 But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, nI am 4of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”