Exodus, Chapter 6:
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Verses from Exodus, Chapter 6 of the book of Exodus in the Bible.
The Lord promises deliverance
- 1. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of their country.”
- 2. God also spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.
- 3. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the Almighty God, but by my name, the Lord, I did not reveal myself to them.
- 4. I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as foreigners.
- 5. Furthermore, I heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians enslave, and I remembered my covenant.
- 6. Therefore say to the Israelites, 'I am the Lord, and I will free you from the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free them from slavery and redeem them with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- 7. I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. And you will know that I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- 8. I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will give it to you as your possession. I am the Lord'.”
- 9. Moses told the Israelites this, but they did not listen to him because of discouragement and cruel slavery.
- 10. Then the Lord said to Moses:
- 11. “Go, talk to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and tell him to let the Israelites leave his country.”
- 12. But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites do not listen to me, how will Pharaoh listen to me when I am so inexperienced in speaking?”
- 13. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them orders for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
Genealogies of Moses and Aaron
- 14. These are the heads of the families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were: Enoch, Palu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
- 15. The sons of Simeon were: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zoar and Saul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
- 16. These were the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- 17. The sons of Gershom were: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
- 18. The sons of Kohath were: Amram, Isar, Hebron and Uzziel. Coate lived 133 years.
- 19. The sons of Merari were: Mali and Musi. These are the families of Levi, according to their generations.
- 20. Amram married Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- 21. The sons of Isar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
- 22. The sons of Uziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Shithri.
- 23. Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- 24. The sons of Korah were: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Qurahites.
- 25. Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of Phutiel's daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites, according to their families.
- 26. This is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by organizing them into groups.”
- 27. It was the same Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
- 28. On that day, when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt,
- 29. said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I tell you.”
- 30. But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I went to Pharaoh in your name, he has treated your people even more badly. And you did not deliver your people.”
