 1 The Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land. 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am Jehovah. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty. But I was not known to them by the name Jehovah. 4 I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. 5 I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, those whom the Egyptians are keeping in bondage. And I have remembered my covenant. 6 Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you out of their bondage. And I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments. 7 I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God and you will know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you in to the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you for a heritage. I am the Lord. 9 Moses said so to the children of Israel. But they did not listen to Moses through shortness of spirit and through cruel bondage. 10 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 11 Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 Moses spoke before the Lord saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me, since I have lips that are not circumcised? 13 The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the families of Reuben. 15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the families of Simeon. 16 These were the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The years of the life of Levi were 137 years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, by their families. 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a 133 years. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, for his wife. And she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were 137 years. 21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, for his wife. And she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah were Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the families of the Korahites. 25 Aaron's son Eleazar took his wife of the daughters of Putiel. And she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. 26 It was 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 were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It was Moses and Aaron. 28 It happened on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt: 29 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. 30 Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?
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