Chapter 6

Then the LORD said⁴ unto Moses, Now shalt thou see⁴ what I will do⁴ to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go,¹⁷ and with a strong hand shall he drive them out¹⁷ of his land.

And God spake¹⁷ unto Moses, and said⁴ unto him, I [am] the LORD:

And I appeared¹¹ unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known⁸ to them.

And I have also established⁵² my covenant with them, to give² them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.¹

And I have also heard¹ the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage;⁵⁶ and I have remembered⁴ my covenant.

Wherefore say³ unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out⁵² from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid⁵² you out of their bondage, and I will redeem¹ you with a stretched out⁷ arm, and with great judgments:

And I will take¹ you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out⁵⁶ from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

And I will bring⁵² you in unto the land, concerning the which I did¹ swear to give² it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give¹ it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD.

And Moses spake¹⁷ so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened¹ not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Go in,³ speak¹⁶ unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go¹⁷ out of his land.

And Moses spake¹⁷ before the LORD, saying,² Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened¹ unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear⁴ me, who [am] of uncircumcised lips?

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge¹⁷ unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out⁵³ of the land of Egypt.

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.

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.

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.

The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

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.

And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations.

And Amram took⁴ him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare⁴ him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years.

And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

And Aaron took⁴ him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare⁴ him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] the families of the Korhites.

And Eleazar Aaron's son took¹ him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare⁴ 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,¹ Bring out⁵⁴ the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

These [are] they which spake¹⁸ to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out⁵³ the children of Israel from Egypt: these [are] that Moses and Aaron.

And it came to pass on the day [when] the LORD spake¹⁵ unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

That the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,² I [am] the LORD: speak¹⁶ thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say⁶ unto thee.

And Moses said⁴ before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken⁴ unto me?