LEB - Exodus - 6

6:1  And Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, because with a strong hand he will release them, and with a strong hand he will drive them out from his land.”

6:2  And God spoke to Moses, and he said to him, “I am Yahweh.

6:3  And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

6:4  And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

6:5  but also I myself heard the groaning of the ⌞Israelites⌟, whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant.

6:6  Therefore say to the ⌞Israelites⌟, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the ⌞forced labor⌟ of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments.

6:7  And I will take you ⌞as my people⌟, and I will be ⌞your God⌟, and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the ⌞forced labor⌟ of Egypt.

6:8  And I will bring you to the land ⌞that I swore⌟ to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”

6:9  And Moses spoke thus to the ⌞Israelites⌟, but they did not listen to Moses, because of ⌞discouragement⌟ and because of hard work.

6:10  And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

6:11  “Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and let him release the ⌞Israelites⌟ from his land.”

6:12  And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Look, the ⌞Israelites⌟ do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am ⌞a poor speaker⌟?”

6:13  And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he commanded them to go to the ⌞Israelites⌟ and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the ⌞Israelites⌟ out from the land of Egypt.

6:14  These are the heads of ⌞their families⌟. The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.

6:15  And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jakin and Zohar and Shaul the son of the Canaanitess. These are the clans of Simeon.

6:16  And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies: Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were ⌞one hundred and thirty-seven years⌟.

6:17  The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.

6:18  And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were ⌞one hundred and thirty-three years⌟.

6:19  And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.

6:20  And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were ⌞one hundred and thirty-seven years⌟.

6:21  And the sons of Izhar are Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.

6:22  And the sons of Uzziel are Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.

6:23  And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

6:24  And the sons of Korah are Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.

6:25  And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ⌞families⌟ of the Levites according to their clans.

6:26  It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the ⌞Israelites⌟ out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions.”

6:27  They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the ⌞Israelites⌟ out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.

6:28  ⌞And so it was on a certain day⌟ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt.

6:29  And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I am speaking to you.”

6:30  And Moses said before Yahweh, “Look, I am ⌞a poor speaker⌟. And how will Pharaoh listen to me?”