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6:1  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh: indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land.”
6:2  God also spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord.
6:3  I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord’ I did not make myself known to them.
6:4  I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as aliens.
6:5  I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
6:6  Say therefore to the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
6:7  I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians.
6:8  I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.”
6:9  Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.
6:10  Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
6:11  “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
6:12  But Moses spoke to the Lord, “The Israelites have not listened to me; why should Pharaoh listen to me, poor speaker that I am?”
6:13  Thus the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders regarding the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to free the Israelites from the land of Egypt.
6:14  The following are the heads of their ancestral houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
6:15  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
6:16  The following are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.
6:17  The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.
6:18  The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred thirty-three years.
6:19  The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their genealogies.
6:20  Amram married Jochebed his aunt, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.
6:21  The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22  The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
6:23  Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24  The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
6:25  Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their families.
6:26  It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.”
6:27  It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, the same Moses and Aaron.
6:28  On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
6:29  the Lord said to Moses, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.”
6:30  But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”