Exodus 6

And God said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand he will let them go; and by a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” \*

And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am God

and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai; but by my name God I was not known to them.

And moreover, I established my covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning, in which they sojourned.

And moreover, I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. \*

Therefore, say to the sons of Israel, ‘I am God. And I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their slavery. And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

And I will take you to myself as a people, and I will be to you as God. And you will know that I am God your God, the one bringing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

And I will bring you to the land that I raised my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you as a possession. I am God.’” \*

And Moses spoke in this way to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of shortness of spirit and because of hard slavery. \*

And God spoke to Moses, saying,

“Go speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he should let the sons of Israel go from his land.”

And Moses spoke before the face of God, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me, so how will Pharaoh listen to me? And I have uncircumcised lips.” \*

And God spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he gave them a command to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: to bring the sons of Israel out from the land of Egypt. \*

These were the heads of the houses of their fathers: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jakin, and Zohar, and Shaul—the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. \*

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, from their genealogy: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were 137 years.

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, according to their clans.

And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were 133 years.

And the sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their genealogy. \*

And Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as a wife for himself. And she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were 137 years.

And the sons of Izhar were Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

And the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. \*

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

And the sons of Korah were Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.

And Eleazar, son of Aaron took a wife for himself from the daughters of Putiel. And she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their clans. \*

It was Aaron and Moses to whom God said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.”

They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt. It was Moses and Aaron. \*

And it happened on a day that God spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

and God spoke to Moses, saying, “I am God. Speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything that I speak to you.”

But Moses said to the face of God, “Behold, I have uncircumcised lips, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?” \*