Exodus 6
1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now thou
shalt see what I will do to Pharao; for he shall send them forth with a mighty
hand, and with a high arm shall he cast them out of his land.
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to
him, I am the
aOr, The Lord.Lord. 3 And I appeared to Abraam and
Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest to them my name Lord.
4 And I established my covenant with
them, to give them the land of the Chananites, the land wherein they
sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.
5 And I hearkened to the groaning of
the children of Israel (the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them)
and I remembered the covenant with you.bLit. your covenant.
6 Go, speak to the children of Israel,
saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from
the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will
ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.
7 And I will take you to me a people
for myself, and will be your God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your
God, who brought you out from the tyranny of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you into the land
concerning which I stretched out my hand to give it to Abraam and Isaac and
Jacob, and I will give it you for an inheritance: I
am the Lord.
9 And Moses spoke thus to the sons of
Israel, and they hearkened not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their
hard tasks. 10 And the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak to
Pharao king of Egypt, that he send forth the children of Israel out of his
land. 12 And Moses spoke before the
Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how
shall Pharao hearken to me? and I am not eloquent.
13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharao king of Egypt, that he should send
forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 And these are the heads of the
houses of their families: the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch
and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi, this is the kindred of Ruben.
15 And the sons of Symeon, Jemuel and
Jamin, and Aod, and Jachin and Saar, and Saul the son of a Phœnician woman,
these are the families of the sons of Symeon.
16 And these are the names of the
sons of Levi according to their kindreds, Gedson, Caath, and Merari; and the
years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven.
17 And these are the sons of Gedson,
Lobeni and Semei, the houses of their family. And the sons of Caath,
18 Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and
Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a
cAlex. 130 years.hundred and thirty-three years.
19 And the sons of Merari, Moöli, and
Omusi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their
kindreds. 20 And Ambram took to wife
Jochabed the daughter of his father's brother, and she bore to him both Aaron
and Moses, and Mariam their sister: and the years of the life of Ambram were a
dAlex. 136 years.hundred and thirty-two years. 21 And
the sons of Issaar, Core, and Naphec, and Zechri.
22 And the sons of Oziel, Misael, and
Elisaphan, and Segri. 23 And Aaron
took to himself to wife Elisabeth daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, and
she bore to him both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Core, Asir, and
Elkana, and Abiasar, these are the generations of Core.
25 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took
to himself for a wife one of the daughters of
Phutiel, and she bore to him Phinees. These are the heads of the family of the
Levites, according to their generations.
26 This is Aaron and Moses, whom God
told to bring out the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their
forces. 27 These are they that spoke
with Pharao king of Egypt, and Aaron himself and Moses brought out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt,
28 in the day in which the Lord spoke
to Moses in the land of Egypt;
29 then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, I am the Lord: speak to Pharao king of Egypt whatsoever I say to thee.
30 And Moses said before the Lord,
Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharao hearken to me?