Exodus 6

God Promises Deliverance

1 But the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with *ch. 3:19;13:3a strong hand he will *ch. 11:1;12:33,39drive them out of his land."

2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, *[Isa. 42:8;Mal. 3:6]"I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as *Gen. 17:1God Almighty,*6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai but by my name the *Ps. 68:4;83:18;[John 8:58;Rev. 1:4,8]Lord I did not make myself known to them. 4 *Gen. 15:18;17:4,7I also established my covenant with them *Gen. 17:8;28:4to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, *ch. 2:24I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, *[Isa. 42:8;Mal. 3:6] ‘I am the Lord, and *ch. 7:4;Deut. 26:8;Ps. 136:11,12;[ch. 3:17] I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and *ch. 15:13;Deut. 7:8;2 Kgs. 17:36;1 Chr. 17:21;Neh. 1:10I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I *Deut. 4:20;7:6;14:2;26:18;2 Sam. 7:24;[1 Pet. 2:9] will take you to be my people, and *ch. 29:45,46;Gen. 17:8;Lev. 22:33;Deut. 29:13;[Rev. 21:7] I will be your God, and you shall know that *[See ver. 6above] I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out *[See ver. 6above]from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into *ch. 32:13;Gen. 15:18;26:3;28:13;35:12;Ezek. 20:6,42the land that I *[Gen. 14:22;Deut. 32:40;Ezek. 20:5,6;47:14] swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. *[See ver. 6above]I am the Lord.’" 9 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they *ch. 5:21;[Acts 7:25]did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

10 So the Lord said to Moses, 11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land." 12 But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, the people of Israel have *[See ver. 9above] not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for *ver. 30;ch. 4:10;Jer. 1:6;[Jer. 6:10;Ezek. 44:7]I am of uncircumcised lips?" 13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the *Gen. 46:9;1 Chr. 5:3sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15 The *Gen. 46:10;1 Chr. 4:24sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. 16 These are the names of the *Gen. 46:11;Num. 3:17;1 Chr. 6:1,16sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. 17 The *Num. 3:18;1 Chr. 6:17;23:7sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18 The *Num. 3:19;26:57;1 Chr. 6:2,18sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. 19 The *Num. 3:20;1 Chr. 6:19;23:21sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. 20 *See ch. 2:1Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. 21 *Num. 16:1;1 Chr. 6:37,38The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The *Lev. 10:4;Num. 3:30sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of *Ruth 4:19,20;1 Chr. 2:10;Matt. 1:4;Luke 3:33Amminadab and the sister of *Num. 1:7;2:3;7:12,17;10:14;Matt. 1:4;Luke 3:32Nahshon, and she bore him *Lev. 10:1;Num. 3:2;26:60;1 Chr. 6:3;24:1Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The *1 Chr. 6:22,23,37sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and *Num. 25:7,11;Josh. 24:33;Ps. 106:30she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.

26 These are the Aaron and Moses *ver. 13to whom the Lord said: "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt *ch. 7:4;12:17,51;Num. 33:1by their hosts." 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 the Lord said to Moses, *See ver. 2"I am the Lord; *ver. 11;[ch. 7:2]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you." 30 But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, *[Isa. 6:5]; See ver. 12I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?"