Exodus 6
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Remembers His Covenant
6 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for (A)by a strong hand he will let them go, and by a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am (B)Yahweh; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as [a](C)God Almighty, but by (D)My name, Yahweh, I was not known to them. 4 And I also established (E)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the [b]land in which they sojourned. 5 Furthermore I have (F)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘(G)I am Yahweh, and (H)I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also (I)redeem you with (J)an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 Then I will take you [c](K)for My people, and (L)I will be [d]your God; and (M)you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land which (N)I [e]swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and (O)I will give it to you for a possession; (P)I am Yahweh.’” 9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on (Q)account of their weakness of spirit and [f]hard slavery.
10 Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “(R)Come, [g]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt [h]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; (S)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of (T)uncircumcised lips?” 13 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Heads of Israel’s Households
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ households.
(U)The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
15 The (V)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 (W)the sons of Levi according to their generations:
Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were 137 years.
17 (X)The sons of Gershon:
[i]Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18 (Y)The sons of Kohath:
Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were 133 years.
19 (Z)The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20 (AA)And Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.
21 (AB)The sons of Izhar:
Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
22 (AC)The sons of Uzziel:
Mishael and [j]Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of (AD)Amminadab, the sister of (AE)Nahshon, as a wife, and she bore him (AF)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The (AG)sons of Korah:
Assir and Elkanah and [k]Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
25 And Aaron’s son (AH)Eleazar took one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore him (AI)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. 26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “(AJ)Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their (AK)hosts.” 27 They were the ones (AL)who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.
Aaron Will Speak for Moses
28 Now it happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “(AM)I am Yahweh; (AN)speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.” 30 But Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of (AO)uncircumcised lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”
Footnotes
- Exodus 6:3 Heb El Shaddai
- Exodus 6:4 Lit land of their sojournings in which...
- Exodus 6:7 Lit to Me for a people
- Exodus 6:7 Lit to you for a God
- Exodus 6:8 Lit lifted up My hand
- Exodus 6:9 Lit stiff
- Exodus 6:11 Lit speak to
- Exodus 6:11 Lit that he let
- Exodus 6:17 In 1 Chr 23:7, Ladan
- Exodus 6:22 In Num 3:30, Elizaphan
- Exodus 6:24 In 1 Chr 6:23 and 9:19, Ebiasaph
Exodus 6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Israel’s Deliverance Assured
6 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.”(A)
2 God also spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty,[a] but by my name ‘The Lord’[b] I did not make myself known to them.(B) 4 I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as aliens.(C) 5 I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.(D) 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.(E) 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.(F) 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.”(G) 9 Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.
10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, 11 “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.” 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?”[c] 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.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
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.(H) 15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.(I) 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.(J) 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.(K) 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred thirty-three years.(L) 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their genealogies.(M) 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.(N) 21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.(O) 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.(P) 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.(Q) 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.(R)
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.” 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, the same Moses and Aaron.
Moses and Aaron Obey God’s Commands
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 am speaking to you.”(S) 30 But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker,[d] why should Pharaoh listen to me?”(T)
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