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Exodus 6
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6Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you are going to see what I will do to the king. I will force him to let my people go. In fact, I will force him to drive them out of his land."H3068H559H4872H7200H6213H6547H2389H3027H7971H2389H3027H1644H776

God Calls Moses

2God spoke to Moses and said, "I am the LORD.H430H1696H4872H559H3068
3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the LORD.H7200H85H3327H3290H410H7706H8034H3068H3045
4I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.H6965H1285H5414H776H3667H776H4033H1481
5Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.H8085H5009H1121H3478H834H4714H5647H2142H1285
6So tell the Israelites that I say to them, 'I am the LORD; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.H3651H559H1121H3478H3068H3318H5450H4714H5337H5656H1350H5186H2220H1419H8201
7I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.H3947H5971H430H3045H3068H430H3318H5450H4714
8I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the LORD.' "H935H776H5375H3027H5414H85H3327H3290H5414H4181H3068
9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.H4872H1696H1121H3478H8085H4872H7115H7307H7186H5656
10Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H559
11"Go and tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land."H935H1696H6547H4428H4714H1121H3478H7971H776
12But Moses replied, "Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker."H4872H1696H6440H3068H559H1121H3478H8085H6547H8085H589H6189H8193
13The LORD commanded Moses and Aaron: "Tell the Israelites and the king of Egypt that I have ordered you to lead the Israelites out of Egypt."H3068H1696H4872H175H6680H1121H3478H6547H4428H4714H3318H1121H3478H776H4714

The Family Record of Moses and Aaron

14Reuben, Jacob's first-born, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.H7218H1H1004H1121H7205H1060H3478H2585H6396H2696H3756H4940H7205
15Simeon had six sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.H1121H8095H3223H3226H161H3199H6714H7586H1121H3669H4940H8095
16Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Levi lived 137 years.H8034H1121H3878H8435H1648H6955H4847H8141H2416H3878H3967H7970H7651H8141
17Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.H1121H1648H3845H8096H4940
18Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.H1121H6955H6019H3324H2275H5816H8141H2416H6955H3967H7970H7969H8141
19Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi with their descendants.H1121H4847H4249H4187H4940H3878H8435
20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.H6019H3947H3115H1733H802H3205H175H4872H8141H2416H6019H3967H7970H7651H8141
21Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.H1121H3324H7141H5298H2147
22Uzziel also had three sons: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.H1121H5816H4332H469H5644
23Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.H175H3947H472H1323H5992H269H5177H802H3205H5070H30H499H385
24Korah had three sons: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; they were the ancestors of the divisions of the clan of Korah.H1121H7141H617H511H23H4940H7145
25Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of Putiel's daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the families and the clans of the tribe of Levi.H499H175H1121H3947H1323H6317H802H3205H6372H7218H1H3881H4940
26Aaron and Moses were the ones to whom the LORD said, "Lead the tribes of Israel out of Egypt."H1931H175H4872H834H3068H559H3318H1121H3478H776H4714H6635
27They were the men who told the king of Egypt to free the Israelites.H1992H1696H6547H4428H4714H3318H1121H3478H4714H4872H175

The Lord’s Command to Moses and Aaron

28When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,H3117H3068H1696H4872H776H4714
29he said, "I am the LORD. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you."H3068H1696H4872H559H3068H1696H6547H4428H4714H1696
30But Moses answered, "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"H4872H559H6440H3068H6189H8193H6547H8085


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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