NETtext - Exodus - 6

6:1  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land."

6:2  God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD.

6:3  I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them.

6:4  I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

6:5  I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6:6  Therefore, tell the Israelites, 'I am the LORD. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

6:7  I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.

6:8  I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob - and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord!'"

6:9  Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

6:10  Then the LORD said to Moses,

6:11  "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land."

6:12  But Moses replied to the LORD, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?"

6:13  The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

6:14  These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

6:15  The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

6:16  Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi's life was 137 years.)

6:17  The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.

6:18  The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath's life was 133 years.)

6:19  The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

6:20  Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.)

6:21  The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.

6:22  The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

6:23  Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

6:24  The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

6:25  Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas.These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans.

6:26  It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments."

6:27  They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.

6:28  When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

6:29  he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you."

6:30  But Moses said before the LORD, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"