Then the LORD said
to Moses
, "Now
you shall see
what
I will do
to Pharaoh
; for 1 aunder compulsion
he will let
them go
, and 1under compulsion
he will drive
them out of his land
."
God spoke
further to Moses
and said
to him, "I am athe LORD
;
and I appeared to Abraham
, Isaac
, and Jacob
, as 1 aGod
Almighty
, but by bMy name
, 2LORD
, I did not make
Myself known
to them.
"I also established
aMy covenant
with them, to give
them the land
of Canaan
, the 1land
in which
they sojourned
.
"Furthermore I have aheard
the groaning
of the sons
of Israel
, because
the Egyptians
are holding
them in bondage
, and I have remembered
My covenant
.
"Say, therefore
, to the sons
of Israel
, ` aI am the LORD
, and bI will bring
you out from under
the burdens
of the Egyptians
, and I will deliver
you from their bondage
. I will also credeem
you with dan outstretched
arm
and with great
judgments
.
`Then I will take you 1 afor My people
, and bI will be 2your God
; and cyou shall know
that I am the LORD
your God
, who brought
you out from under
the burdens
of the Egyptians
.
`I will bring you to the land
which
aI 1swore
to give
to Abraham
, Isaac
, and Jacob
, and bI will give
it to you for a possession
; cI am the LORD
.' "
So Moses spoke
thus
to the sons
of Israel
, but they did not listen
to Moses
on aaccount
of their 1despondency
and cruel
bondage
.
Now the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
" aGo, 1tell
Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
2to let
the sons
of Israel
go
out of his land
."
But Moses spoke
before
the LORD
, saying
, "Behold
, the sons
of Israel
have not listened
to me; ahow
then will Pharaoh
listen
to me, for I am 1 bunskilled
in speech
?"
Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
and to Aaron
, and gave
them a charge
to the sons
of Israel
and to Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
, to bring
the sons
of Israel
out of the land
of Egypt
.
These are the heads
of their fathers'
households
. aThe sons
of Reuben
, Israel's
firstborn
: Hanoch
and Pallu
, Hezron
and Carmi
; these
are the families
of Reuben
.
The asons 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
.
These are the names
of athe sons
of Levi
according to their generations
: Gershon
and Kohath
and Merari
; and the 1length
of Levi's
life
was one hundred
and thirty-seven
years
.
aThe sons of Gershon
: 1Libni
and Shimei
, according to their families
.
aThe sons of Kohath
: Amram
and Izhar
and Hebron
and Uzziel
; and the 1length
of Kohath's
life
was one hundred
and thirty-three
years
.
aThe sons of Merari
: Mahli
and Mushi
. These
are the families
of the Levites
according to their generations
.
aAmram 1married
his father's
sister
Jochebed
, and she bore
him Aaron
and Moses
; and the 2length
of Amram's
life
was one hundred
and thirty-seven
years
.
aThe sons of Izhar
: Korah
and Nepheg
and Zichri
.
aThe sons of Uzziel
: Mishael
and 1Elzaphan
and Sithri
.
Aaron 1married
Elisheba
, the daughter
of aAmminadab
, the sister
of bNahshon
, and she bore
him cNadab
and Abihu
, Eleazar
and Ithamar
.
The asons of Korah
: Assir
and Elkanah
and 1Abiasaph
; these
are the families
of the Korahites
.
Aaron's son
aEleazar
1married
one
of the daughters
of Putiel
, and she bore
him bPhinehas
. These
are the heads
of the fathers'
households of the Levites
according to their families
.
It was the same Aaron and Moses
to whom
the LORD
said
, " aBring
out the sons
of Israel
from the land
of Egypt
according
to their bhosts
."
They were the ones awho spoke to Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
1about bringing
out the sons
of Israel
from Egypt
; it was the same Moses
and Aaron
.
Now it came about on the day
when the LORD
spoke
to Moses
in the land
of Egypt
,
that the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
, " aI am the LORD
; bspeak
to Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
all
that I speak
to you."
But Moses said
before
the LORD
, "Behold
, I am 1 aunskilled
in speech
; how
then will Pharaoh
listen
to me?"