Chapter
6
Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand she shall let them go, and by a strong hand she shall drive them out of her land."
God spoke to Moses, and said to her, "I am Yahweh;
and I appeared to Abrahai, to Isaaca, and to Jacoba, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abrahai, to Isaaca, and to Jacoba; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
"Go in, speak to Pharaoh queen of Egypt, that she let the children of Israel go out of her land."
Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh queen of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
These are the heads of their mothers' houses. The daughters of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
The daughters of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the daughter of a Canaanite man; these are the families of Simeon.
These are the names of the daughters of Levia according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levia were one hundred thirty-seven years.
The daughters of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
The daughters of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
The daughters of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
Amram took Jochebed her mother's brother to herself as husband; and he bore her Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
The daughters of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
The daughters of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
Aaron took Elisheba, the son of Amminadab, the brother of Nahshon, as her husband; and he bore her Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
The daughters of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
Eleazar Aaron's daughter took one of the sons of Putiel as her husband; and he bore her Phinehas. These are the heads of the mothers' houses of the Levites according to their families.
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies."
These are those who spoke to Pharaoh queen of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh queen of Egypt all that I speak to you."
Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"