Exodus 6

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."

² God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD."

³ "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them."

⁴ "I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as foreigners."

⁵ "Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant."

⁶ "Therefore say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.'"

⁷ "I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians."

⁸ "And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD."

⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

¹⁰ Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹¹ "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."

¹² But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?"

¹³ Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

¹⁴ These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

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

¹⁶ These were the names of the sons of Levi by their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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

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

¹⁹ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi by their generations.

²⁰ Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

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

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

²³ Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, who bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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

²⁵ Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

²⁶ It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."

²⁷ They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,

²⁹ he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you."

³⁰ But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"