2.
God's further training of Moses
6:1—7:7
Exo. 6
:1
6:1
And 1Jehovah said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for because of a
amighty hand he will let them go, and because of a mighty hand he will
bdrive them out of his land.
Exo. 6
:2
6:2
And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am
aJehovah.
Exo. 6
:3
6:3
And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as the
1aAll-sufficient God; but by My
bname 2Jehovah I did not make Myself known to them.
Exo. 6
:4
6:4
And I also established My
acovenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their
bsojournings, in which they sojourned.
Exo. 6
:5
6:5
And I have also
aheard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have enslaved; and I have
bremembered My covenant.
Exo. 6
:6
6:6
Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will
aredeem you with an
boutstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
Exo. 6
:7
6:7
And I will take you to Myself as
My apeople, and I will be your
bGod; and you shall
cknow that I am Jehovah your God, the One who brought you out from under the
dburdens of the Egyptians.
Exo. 6
:8
6:8
And I will bring you to the land which I
1aswore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Jehovah.
Exo. 6
:9
6:9
And Moses spoke this to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of anguish of spirit and
aharsh bondage.
Exo. 6
:10
6:10
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo. 6
:11
6:11
Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exo. 6
:12
6:12
And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, The children of Israel do not now listen to me. How then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am of
auncircumcised lips?
Exo. 6
:13
6:13
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a charge for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Exo. 6
:14
6:14
1These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of
aReuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
Exo. 6
:15
6:15
And the sons of
aSimeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
Exo. 6
:16
6:16
And these are the names of the sons of
aLevi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years.
Exo. 6
:17
6:17
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Exo. 6
:18
6:18
And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were one hundred thirty-three years.
Exo. 6
:19
6:19
And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
Exo. 6
:20
6:20
And Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister for himself as
awife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years.
Exo. 6
:21
6:21
And the sons of Izhar:
aKorah and Nepheg and Zichri.
Exo. 6
:22
6:22
And the sons of
aUzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
Exo. 6
:23
6:23
And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of
aAmminadab, the sister of
bNahshon, for himself as wife; and she bore him
cNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Exo. 6
:24
6:24
And the sons of Korah:
aAssir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
Exo. 6
:25
6:25
And Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife, and she bore him
aPhinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
Exo. 6
:26
6:26
It was
this same Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said,
aBring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their
barmies.
Exo. 6
:27
6:27
It was they who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt; it is
the same Moses and Aaron.
Exo. 6
:28
6:28
And on the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
Exo. 6
:29
6:29
Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am
aJehovah; speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I speak to you.
Exo. 6
:30
6:30
But Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of
auncircumcised lips. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?
