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6:1  Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will show him my power, and he will let my people go. I will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.”
6:2  Elohim spoke to Moses, “I am Yahweh.
6:3  I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shadday, but I didn’t make myself known to them by my name, Yahweh.
6:4  I even made a promise to give them Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
6:5  Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians hold in slavery, and I have remembered my promise.
6:6  “Tell the Israelites, ‘I am Yahweh. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians, and I will free you from slavery. I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
6:7  Then I will make you my people, and I will be your Elohim. You will know that I am Yahweh your Elohim, who brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.
6:8  I will bring you to the land I solemnly swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession. I am Yahweh.’”
6:9  Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him because they were so discouraged by their back–breaking work.
6:10  Then Yahweh spoke to Moses,
6:11  “Go tell Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) to let the Israelites leave his country.”
6:12  But Moses protested to Yahweh, “The Israelites wouldn’t listen to me. Why would Pharaoh listen to me? I’m such a poor speaker.”
6:13  Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). He commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
6:14  These were the heads of the families: The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were the families descended from Reuben.
6:15  The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the families descended from Simeon.
6:16  These are the names of the sons of Levi listed in birth order: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
6:17  The sons of Gershon listed by their families were Libni and Shimei.
6:18  The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
6:19  The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the families descended from Levi listed in birth order.
6:20  Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed. She gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
6:21  The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22  The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
6:23  Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. She gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24  The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the families descended from Korah.
6:25  Eleazar, son of Aaron, married one of the daughters of Putiel. She gave birth to Phinehas. These were the heads of Levite households listed by their families.
6:26  This was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt in organized family groups.”
6:27  They—this same Moses and Aaron—told Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) to let the Israelites leave Egypt.
6:28  At that time Yahweh spoke to Moses in Egypt.
6:29  Yahweh said to Moses, “I am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) everything I tell you.”
6:30  But Moses said to Yahweh, “Why would Pharaoh listen to me?”