Exodus 5:22-6:27

New International Version

God Promises Deliverance

²²Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?^(A) Is this why you sent me? ²³Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued^(B) your people at all.”

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand^(C) he will let them go;^(D) because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”^(E)

²God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.^(F) ³I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,^[a]^(G) but by my name^(H) the Lord^[b]^(I) I did not make myself fully known to them. ⁴I also established my covenant^(J) with them to give them the land^(K) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.^(L) ⁵Moreover, I have heard the groaning^(M) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^(N)

⁶“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.^(O) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem^(P) you with an outstretched arm^(Q) and with mighty acts of judgment.^(R) ⁷I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^(S) Then you will know^(T) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. ⁸And I will bring you to the land^(U) I swore^(V) with uplifted hand^(W) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.^(X) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”^(Y)

⁹Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.^(Z)

¹⁰Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹“Go, tell^(AA) Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”^(AB)

¹²But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^(AC) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^[c]?”^(AD)

Family Record of Moses and Aaron

¹³Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.^(AE)

¹⁴These were the heads of their families^[d]:^(AF)

The sons of Reuben^(AG) the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

¹⁵The sons of Simeon^(AH) were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

¹⁶These were the names of the sons of Levi^(AI) according to their records: Gershon,^(AJ) Kohath and Merari.^(AK) Levi lived 137 years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.^(AL)

¹⁸The sons of Kohath^(AM) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(AN) Kohath lived 133 years.

¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.^(AO)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

²⁰Amram^(AP) married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.^(AQ) Amram lived 137 years.

²¹The sons of Izhar^(AR) were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

²²The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan^(AS) and Sithri.

²³Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab^(AT) and sister of Nahshon,^(AU) and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,^(AV) Eleazar^(AW) and Ithamar.^(AX)

²⁴The sons of Korah^(AY) were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

²⁵Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.^(AZ)

These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

²⁶It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt^(BA) by their divisions.”^(BB) ²⁷They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^(BC) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.^(BD)

Footnotes

Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Exodus 6:3 See note at 3:15.
Exodus 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30
Exodus 6:14 The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.