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1 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Now you shall
see what I
will do to
Pharaoh, for by
a strong hand
he shall let
them go, and
by a strong
hand he shall
drive them out
of his land.”
2 God
spoke to Moses,
and said to
him, “I am
the LORD.
3 I
appeared to Abraham,
to Isaac, and
to Jacob, as
God Almighty; but
by my name
the LORD
I was not
known to them.
4 I
have also
established my
covenant with them,
to give them
the land of Canaan,
the land of
their travels, in
which they lived
as aliens.
5 Moreover
I have heard
the groaning of
the children of
Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in
bondage, and I
have remembered my
covenant.
6 Therefore tell
the children of
Israel, ‘I am
the LORD, and
I will bring
you out from
under the burdens
of the Egyptians,
and I will
rid you out
of their bondage,
and I will
redeem you with
an outstretched
arm, and with
great judgments.
7 I
will take you
to myself for
a people. I
will be your
God; and you
shall know that
I am the
LORD your God,
who brings you
out from under
the burdens of
the Egyptians.
8 I
will bring you
into the land
which I swore
to give to
Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob;
and I will
give it to
you for a
heritage: I am
the LORD.’ ”
9 Moses
spoke so to
the children of
Israel, but
they didn’t listen
to Moses for
anguish of spirit,
and for cruel
bondage.
10 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
11 “Go
in, speak to
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, that he
let the children
of Israel go
out of his land.”
12 Moses
spoke before the
LORD, saying, “Behold, the children of
Israel haven’t listened
to me. How
then shall Pharaoh
listen to me,
when I have
uncircumcised lips?”
13 The
LORD spoke to
Moses and to Aaron,
and gave them
a command to
the children of
Israel, and to
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, to bring
the children of
Israel out of
the land of Egypt.
14 These
are the heads
of their fathers’ houses.
The sons of
Reuben the
firstborn of
Israel: Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi; these
are the families
of Reuben.
15 The
sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, and Jamin,
and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar,
and Shaul the
son of a
Canaanite woman; these
are the families
of Simeon.
16 These are
the names of
the sons of
Levi according to
their generations:
Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari;
and the years
of the life
of Levi were
one hundred
thirty-seven years.
17 The
sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei,
according to their families.
18 The
sons of Kohath:
Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron, and
Uzziel; and the
years of the
life of Kohath
were one hundred
thirty-three years.
19 The
sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the
families of the
Levites according to
their generations.
20 Amram
took Jochebed his
father’s sister
to himself as wife;
and she bore
him Aaron and
Moses. The years
of the life
of Amram were
one hundred
thirty-seven years.
21 The
sons of Izhar:
Korah, and Nepheg,
and Zichri.
22 The
sons of Uzziel:
Mishael, Elzaphan, and
Sithri.
23 Aaron
took Elisheba, the
daughter of
Amminadab, the sister
of Nahshon, as
his wife; and she
bore him Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The
sons of Korah:
Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these
are the families
of the Korahites.
25 Eleazar Aaron’s
son took one
of the daughters
of Putiel as
his wife; and she
bore him Phinehas.
These are the
heads of the
fathers’ houses of
the Levites according
to their families.
26 These
are that Aaron and
Moses to whom the
LORD said, “Bring
out the children
of Israel from
the land of Egypt
according to their
armies.”
27 These
are those who
spoke to Pharaoh
king of Egypt,
to bring out
the children of
Israel from Egypt.
These are that
Moses and Aaron.
28 On
the day when
the LORD spoke
to Moses in
the land of Egypt,
29 The
LORD said to
Moses, “I am
the LORD. Tell
Pharaoh king of
Egypt all that
I tell you.”
30 Moses
said before the
LORD, “Behold, I
am of
uncircumcised lips,
and how shall
Pharaoh listen to
me?”