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6:1  The Lord God told Moses: Soon you will see what I will do to the king. Because of my mighty power, he will let my people go, and he will even chase them out of his country.
6:2  My name is the Lord.
6:3  But when I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I came as God All-Powerful and did not use my name.
6:4  I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
6:5  Now I have seen how the people of Israel are suffering because of the Egyptians, and I will keep my promise.
6:6  Here is my message for Israel: “I am the Lord! And with my mighty power I will punish the Egyptians and free you from slavery.
6:7  I will accept you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I was the one who rescued you from the Egyptians.
6:8  I will bring you into the land that I solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it will be yours. I am the Lord!”
6:9  When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and mistreated to believe him.
6:10  Then the Lord told Moses
6:11  to demand that the king of Egypt let the Israelites leave.
6:12  But Moses replied, “I'm not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won't listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?”
6:13  But the Lord sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the Israelites and for the king. He also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.
6:14  The following men were the heads of their ancestral clans: The sons of Reuben, Jacob's oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
6:15  The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
6:16  Levi lived to be 137; his sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6:17  Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
6:18  Kohath lived to be 133; his sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:19  Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. All of the above were from the Levi tribe.
6:20  Amram lived to be 137. He married his father's sister Jochebed, and they had two sons, Aaron and Moses.
6:21  Izhar's sons were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22  Uzziel's sons were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
6:23  Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon; they had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24  Korah's sons were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
6:25  Aaron's son Eleazar married one of Putiel's daughters, and their son was Phinehas. This ends the list of those who were the heads of clans in the Levi tribe.
6:26  The Lord had commanded Aaron and Moses to lead every family and tribe of Israel out of Egypt,
6:27  and so they told the king of Egypt to set the people of Israel free.
6:28  When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
6:29  he said, “I am the Lord. Tell the king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
6:30  But Moses answered, “You know I am a very poor speaker, and the king will never listen to me.”