1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I
will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a
strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
2 And
God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
3 And
I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God
Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
4 And
I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
5 And
I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
6 Wherefore
say unto 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 a stretched out arm, and with great
judgments:
7 And
I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall
know that I am the
LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And
I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the
LORD.
9 And
Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Go
in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out
of his land.
12 And
Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not
hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?
13 And
the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the
children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 These be the
heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel;
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
15 And
the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and
Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
16 And
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 an hundred thirty and seven years.
17 The
sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18 And
the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of
the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
19 And
the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to
their generations.
20 And
Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and
Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21 And
the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And
the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And
Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and
she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And
the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families
of the Korhites.
25 And
Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife;
and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers 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 they
which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from
Egypt: these are that
Moses and Aaron.
28 And
it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land
of Egypt,
29 That
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king
of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
30 And
Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall
Pharaoh hearken unto me?
