Exodus - Chapter 6 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Then 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."
  • 2. God spoke to Moses and said, "I am the LORD.
  • 3. I 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.
  • 4. I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.
  • 5. Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.
  • 6. So 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.
  • 7. I 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.
  • 8. I 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.' "
  • 9. Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery.
  • 10. Then the LORD said to Moses,
  • 11. "Go and tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land."
  • 12. But Moses replied, "Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker."
  • 13. The 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."
  • 14. Reuben, Jacob's first-born, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.
  • 15. Simeon 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.
  • 16. Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Levi lived 137 years.
  • 17. Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.
  • 18. Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
  • 19. Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi with their descendants.
  • 20. Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
  • 21. Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
  • 22. Uzziel also had three sons: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
  • 23. Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 24. Korah had three sons: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; they were the ancestors of the divisions of the clan of Korah.
  • 25. Eleazar, 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.
  • 26. Aaron and Moses were the ones to whom the LORD said, "Lead the tribes of Israel out of Egypt."
  • 27. They were the men who told the king of Egypt to free the Israelites.
  • 28. When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
  • 29. he said, "I am the LORD. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you."
  • 30. But Moses answered, "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"
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