Exodus 6

¹But the Lord said to Moses , Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh ; for with a strong hand he will send them out , and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land .

²God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord.

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

⁴I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan , the land in which they lived as sojourners .

⁵Moreover , I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves , and I have remembered my covenant .

⁶Say therefore to the people of Israel , I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians , and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment .

⁷I will take you to be my people , and I will be your God , and you shall know that I am the Lord your God , who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians .

⁸I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob . I will give it to you for a possession . I am the Lord.

⁹Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel , but they did not listen to Moses , because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery .

¹⁰So the Lord said to Moses ,

¹¹Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land .

¹²But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me , for I am of uncircumcised lips ?

¹³But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt : to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt .

¹⁴These are the heads of their fathers ’ houses : the sons of Reuben , the firstborn of Israel : Hanoch , Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi ; these are the clans of Reuben .

¹⁵The sons of Simeon : Jemuel , Jamin , Ohad , Jachin , Zohar , and Shaul , the son of a Canaanite woman ; these are the clans of Simeon .

¹⁶These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations : Gershon , Kohath , and Merari , the years of the life of Levi being 137 years .

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

¹⁸The sons of Kohath : Amram , Izhar , Hebron , and Uzziel , the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years .

¹⁹The sons of Merari : Mahli and Mushi . These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations .

²⁰Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister , and she bore him Aaron and Moses , the years of the life of Amram being 137 years .

²¹The sons of Izhar : Korah , Nepheg , and Zichri .

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

²³Aaron took as his wife Elisheba , the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon , and she bore him Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar .

²⁴The sons of Korah : Assir , Elkanah , and Abiasaph ; these are the clans of the Korahites .

²⁵Eleazar , Aaron’s son , took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel , and she bore him Phinehas . These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans .

²⁶These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said : Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts .

²⁷It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt , this Moses and this Aaron .

²⁸On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt ,

²⁹the Lord said to Moses , I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.

³⁰But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips . How will Pharaoh listen to me?