Exodus, Chapter 6:

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 strong hand he will let them go; because of my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
2. God spoke to Moses again and said to him, “I am the Lord.
3. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not reveal myself to them by my name, the Lord.
4. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they had lived as foreigners.
5. Moreover I heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians enslaved, and I remembered my covenant.
6. Therefore say to the Israelites: 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will rescue you from slavery and redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
7. I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. Then 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 into the land I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.'”
9. Moses told the Israelites about this, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel slavery.
10. Then the Lord said to Moses:
11. “Go, speak 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 will not listen to me, how will Pharaoh listen to me, since 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: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
15. The sons of Simeon were: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul 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 Gershon were Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
19. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. 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 Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zichri.
22. The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sitri.
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 Korahites.
25. Eleazar son of Aaron took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife, and she 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, 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. He 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 been treating your people worse than ever. And you have not saved your people.”