Exodus 6

1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. For by a strong hand he will send them away, and by a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

2God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD.

3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.

4I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as resident aliens.

5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6Therefore say to the Israelites: I am the LORD. I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

7I will take you for my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.

8I will bring you into the land that I raised my hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.”

9Moses spoke this way to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses because their spirit was broken and because of harsh slavery.

10Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

11“Go, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he will send the Israelites out of his land.”

12But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Look, the Israelites have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am uncircumcised of lips?”

13The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a command concerning the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

14These are the heads of their ancestral houses. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.

15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the clans of Simeon.

16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The years of Levi’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years.

17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their clans.

18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The years of Kohath’s life were one hundred thirty-three years.

19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.

20Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as his wife, and she bore Aaron and Moses to him. The years of Amram’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years.

21The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar to him.

24The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.

25Eleazar son of Aaron took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife, and she bore Phinehas to him. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites according to their clans.

26This is the Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out from the land of Egypt according to their companies.”

27They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. This is Moses and Aaron.

28Now on the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt everything that I am speaking to you.”

30But Moses said before the LORD, “Look, I am uncircumcised of lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”