Chapter 06 - The Lord's charges
[1] Then the LORD said unto Moses,
Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
[2] And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him,
I am the LORD:
[3] And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH[1] was I not known to them.
[4] And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
[5] And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
[6] Wherefore say unto the children of Israel,
I am the LORD, 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 a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
[7] And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
[8] And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
[9] And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
[10] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[11] Go in, speak unto Pharaoh (king of Egypt), that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
[12] And Moses spake before the LORD, saying,
Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh (king of Egypt), to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
[14] These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel;
Hanoch, and
Pallu,
Hezron, and
Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
[15] And the sons of Simeon;
Jemuel, and
Jamin, and
Ohad, and
Jachin, and
Zohar, and
Shaul (the son of a Canaanitish woman): these are the families of Simeon.
[16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations;
Gershon, and
Kohath, and
Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
[17] The sons of Gershon;
Libni, and
Shimi, according to their families.
[18] And the sons of Kohath;
Amram, and
Izhar, and
Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
[19] And the sons of Merari;
Mahali and
Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
[20] And Amram took him (Jochebed) his father's sister to wife[2]; and she bare him;
Aaron and
Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. [3]
[21] And the sons of Izhar;
Korah, and
Nepheg, and
Zichri.
[22] And the sons of Uzziel;
Mishael, and
Elzaphan, and
Zithri.
[23] And Aaron took him Elisheba (daughter of Amminadab), sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him;
Nadab, and
Abihu,
Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
[24] And the sons of Korah;
Assir, and
Elkanah, and
Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
[25] And Eleazar (Aaron's son) took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him;
Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
[26] These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said,
Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
[27] These are they which spake to Pharaoh (king of Egypt), to bring out the children (of Israel) from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
[28] And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
[29] That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh (king of Egypt) all that I say unto thee.
[30] And Moses said before the LORD,
Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?