Exodus 6
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh Discusses His Name and Israel’s Future
6 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, because with a strong hand he will release them, and with a strong hand he will drive them out from his land.”
2 And God spoke to Moses, and he said to him, “I am Yahweh. 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai,[a] but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. 4 And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens, 5 but also I myself heard the groaning of the Israelites,[b] whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant. 6 Therefore say to the Israelites,[c] ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the forced labor[d] of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments. 7 And I will take you as my people,[e] and I will be your God,[f] and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor[g] of Egypt. 8 And I will bring you to the land that I swore[h] to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”
9 And Moses spoke thus to the Israelites,[i] but they did not listen to Moses, because of discouragement[j] and because of hard work.
10 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and let him release the Israelites[k] from his land.” 12 And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Look, the Israelites[l] do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am a poor speaker?”[m] 13 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he commanded them to go to the Israelites[n] and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites[o] out from the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 These are the heads of their families.[p]
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.
15 And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jakin and Zohar and Shaul the son of the Canaanitess.[q] These are the clans of Simeon.
16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:[r] Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.[s]
17 The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.
18 And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.[t]
19 And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.[u]
20 And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.[v]
21 And the sons of Izhar are Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel are Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah are Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.
25 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families[w] of the Levites according to their clans.
26 It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the Israelites[x] out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions.” 27 They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites[y] out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.
28 And so it was on a certain day[z] Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt. 29 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I am speaking to you.” 30 And Moses said before Yahweh, “Look, I am a poor speaker.[aa] And how will Pharaoh listen to me?”
Footnotes
- Exodus 6:3 Often translated as “Almighty”
- Exodus 6:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:6 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
- Exodus 6:7 Literally “to/for me for a people”
- Exodus 6:7 Literally “to/for you for a God”
- Exodus 6:7 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
- Exodus 6:8 Literally “that I raised my hand”
- Exodus 6:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:9 Literally “a lack of spirit” or “shortness of spirit”
- Exodus 6:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:12 Literally “uncircumcised of lips”
- Exodus 6:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:14 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Exodus 6:15 Or “the Canaanite woman.” The Hebrew word is feminine
- Exodus 6:16 Or “generations”
- Exodus 6:16 Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:18 Literally “three and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:19 Or “generations”
- Exodus 6:20 Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:25 Literally “fathers”
- Exodus 6:26 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:28 Literally “and it was on a day”
- Exodus 6:30 Literally “uncircumcised of lips”
出埃及 6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
上帝应许拯救以色列人
6 耶和华对摩西说：“你就要看见我怎样用大能的手对付法老，那时他会让以色列人走，甚至把他们赶出埃及！” 2 上帝又对摩西说：“我是耶和华， 3 我曾以全能上帝的身份向亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各显现，但没有让他们知道我的名字是耶和华。 4 我向他们坚守所立的约，要把他们寄居的迦南赐给他们。 5 我已听见以色列人因受埃及人的奴役而发出的呼求，也想起了我的约。 6 所以，你要转告以色列人说，‘我是耶和华。我要伸出臂膀重重地惩罚埃及，救赎你们脱离埃及人的辖制，脱离他们的奴役。 7 我要接纳你们做我的子民，我要做你们的上帝。这样，你们就知道我是你们的上帝耶和华，曾救你们脱离埃及人的辖制。 8 我必带领你们进入我举手起誓要给亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的那片土地，把它赐给你们作产业。我是耶和华。’”
9 摩西把这番话转告百姓，可是他们因为残酷的劳役无比沮丧，不肯听他的话。 10 耶和华对摩西说： 11 “你再去见法老，要他让以色列人离开他的土地。” 12 摩西却说：“以色列人都不听我的话，法老又怎么肯听我这拙口笨舌的人呢？” 13 耶和华吩咐摩西和亚伦回到以色列人和法老那里，要他们领以色列人离开埃及。
摩西和亚伦的族谱
14 以下是以色列各宗族族长的名字：
以色列长子吕便的儿子是哈诺、法路、希斯仑和迦米。这些是吕便的宗族。
15 西缅的儿子是耶姆利、雅悯、阿辖、雅斤、琐辖和扫罗，扫罗的母亲是迦南人。这些是西缅的各宗族。
16 利未的儿子依次是革顺、哥辖和米拉利，利未享年一百三十七岁。 17 革顺的儿子是立尼和示每，二人各成宗族。 18 哥辖的儿子是暗兰、以斯哈、希伯仑和乌薛，哥辖享年一百三十三岁。 19 米拉利的儿子是抹利和姆示。这些是利未的各宗族。 20 暗兰娶了他父亲的妹妹约基别，生了亚伦和摩西，暗兰享年一百三十七岁。 21 哥辖另一个儿子以斯哈生了可拉、尼斐和细基利。 22 乌薛的儿子是米沙利、以利撒反和西提利。 23 亚伦与亚米拿达的女儿、拿顺的妹妹以利沙巴结婚，生了拿答、亚比户、以利亚撒和以他玛。 24 可拉的儿子是亚惜、以利加拿和亚比亚撒，这些是可拉的各宗族。 25 亚伦的儿子以利亚撒与普铁的一个女儿结婚，生了非尼哈。以上是利未各宗族的族长。
26 正是亚伦和摩西受耶和华之命，要按以色列人的宗族支派把他们带出埃及。 27 也是这二人要求埃及王法老让他们把以色列人带出埃及。 28 那时，耶和华曾经在埃及对摩西说： 29 “我是耶和华，你要把我吩咐你的一切话告诉埃及王法老。” 30 摩西却对耶和华说：“你看，我拙口笨舌，法老怎肯听我的话？”
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