RSV Exodus 6 Chapter
6:1
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, yea, with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.'
6:2
And God said to Moses, 'I am the LORD.
6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.
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I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they dwelt as sojourners.
6:5
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold in bondage and I have remembered my covenant.
6:6
Say therefore to the people of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment,
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and I will take you for my people, and I will be your God;and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;I will give it to you for a possession. I am the LORD.''
6:9
Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel;but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage.
6:10
And the LORD said to Moses,
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'Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.'
6:12
But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me;how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am a man of uncircumcised lips?'
6:13
But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to the people of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
6:14
These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;these are the families of Reuben.
6:15
The sons of Simeon: Jemu'el, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;these are the families of Simeon.
6:16
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merar'i, the years of the life of Levi being a hundred and thirty-seven years.
6:17
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shim'e-i, by their families.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel, the years of the life of Kohath being a hundred and thirty-three years.
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The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
6:20
Amram took to wife Joch'ebed his father's sister and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being one hundred and thirty-seven years.
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The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
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And the sons of Uz'ziel: Mi'sha-el, Elza'phan, and Sithri.
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Aaron took to wife Eli'sheba, the daughter of Ammin'adab and the sister of Nahshon;and she bore him Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar.
6:24
The sons of Korah: Assir, Elka'nah, and Abi'asaph;these are the families of the Ko'rahites.
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Elea'zar, Aaron's son, took to wife one of the daughters of Pu'ti-el;and she bore him Phin'ehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their families.
6:26
These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said: 'Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.'
6:27
It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
6:28
On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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the LORD said to Moses, 'I am the LORD;tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.'
6:30
But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips;how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?'