Exodus 6 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

God Promises Deliverance

Exo 6:1But 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 a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Exo 6:2

Exo 6:2God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD.

Exo 6:3

Exo 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty,[fn] but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.

Exo 6:4

Exo 6:4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.

Exo 6:5

Exo 6:5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.

Exo 6:6

Exo 6:6Say 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 slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Exo 6:7

Exo 6:7I will take you to be 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.

Exo 6:8

Exo 6:8I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the LORD.’”

Exo 6:9

Exo 6:9Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

Exo 6:10

Exo 6:10So the LORD said to Moses,

Exo 6:11

Exo 6:11“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.”

Exo 6:12

Exo 6:12But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

Exo 6:13

Exo 6:13But 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

(Gen 46:8–27 )

Exo 6:14

Exo 6:14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.

Exo 6:15

Exo 6:15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon.

Exo 6:16

Exo 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.

Exo 6:17

Exo 6:17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Exo 6:18

Exo 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years.

Exo 6:19

Exo 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.

Exo 6:20

Exo 6:20Amram 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.

Exo 6:21

Exo 6:21The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

Exo 6:22

Exo 6:22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

Exo 6:23

Exo 6:23Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exo 6:24

Exo 6:24The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.

Exo 6:25

Exo 6:25Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.

Exo 6:26

Exo 6:26These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.”

Exo 6:27

Exo 6:27It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

Exo 6:28

Exo 6:28On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

Exo 6:29

Exo 6:29the LORD said to Moses, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

Exo 6:30

Exo 6:30But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”

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