Exodus 6

New International Version

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.^(AC)

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

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

¹⁵The sons of Simeon^(AF) 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^(AG) according to their records: Gershon,^(AH) Kohath and Merari.^(AI) Levi lived 137 years.

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

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

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

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

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

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

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

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

²⁴The sons of Korah^(AW) 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.^(AX)

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^(AY) by their divisions.”^(AZ) ²⁷They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^(BA) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.^(BB)

Aaron to Speak for Moses

²⁸Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, ²⁹he said to him, “I am the Lord.^(BC) Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

³⁰But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips,^(BD) why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

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.