Exodus 6

Covenant and Deliverance Promised Exodus 6:2–8

²Verse 2. God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh; ³Verse 3. and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. ⁴Verse 4. I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. ⁵Verse 5. Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶Verse 6. Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

⁷Verse 7. and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸Verse 8. I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.’”

Israel's Reluctance to Listen Exodus 6:9–12

⁹Verse 9. Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. ¹⁰Verse 10. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹Verse 11. “Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.” ¹²Verse 12. Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?”

God's Command and Moses' Doubt Exodus 6:13–30

¹³Verse 13. Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁴Verse 14. These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵Verse 15. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶Verse 16. These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

¹⁷Verse 17. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸Verse 18. The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. ¹⁹Verse 19. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ²⁰Verse 20. Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. ²¹Verse 21. The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ²²Verse 22. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³Verse 23. Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴Verse 24. The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ²⁵Verse 25. Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶Verse 26. These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.” ²⁷Verse 27. These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

²⁸Verse 28. On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹Verse 29. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.” ³⁰Verse 30. Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”