Exodus - Chapter 6 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
  • 2. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I {cf15I am} the LORD:
  • 3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by {cf15I the name of} God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
  • 4. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
  • 5. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
  • 6. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I {cf15I am} the LORD, 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 a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
  • 7. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I {cf15I am} the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • 8. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I {cf15I am} the LORD.
  • 9. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
  • 10. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • 11. Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
  • 12. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who {cf15I am} of uncircumcised lips?
  • 13. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
  • 14. These {cf15I be} the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these {cf15I be} the families of Reuben.
  • 15. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these {cf15I are} the families of Simeon.
  • 16. And these {cf15I 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 {cf15I were} an hundred thirty and seven years.
  • 17. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
  • 18. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath {cf15I were} an hundred thirty and three years.
  • 19. And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these {cf15I are} the families of Levi according to their generations.
  • 20. And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram {cf15I were} an hundred and thirty and seven years.
  • 21. And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
  • 22. And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
  • 23. And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 24. And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these {cf15I are} the families of the Korhites.
  • 25. And Eleazar Aaron's son took him {cf15I one} of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these {cf15I are} the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
  • 26. These {cf15I are} that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
  • 27. These {cf15I are} they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these {cf15I are} that Moses and Aaron.
  • 28. And it came to pass on the day {cf15I when} the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
  • 29. That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I {cf15I am} the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
  • 30. And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I {cf15I am} of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
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