Exodus 6:1-30 MEV

[1] Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall 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] Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am the LORD, [3] and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by My name, The LORD, I was not known to them. [4] I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned. [5] I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep 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 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 you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. [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 the LORD.' " [9] Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage. [10] The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, [11] "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land." [12] Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "The children of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, as I am of uncircumcised lips?" [13] And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel, and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. [14] These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben. [15] The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon. [16] These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years. [17] The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, according to their families. [18] The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years. [19] The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations. [20] Now Amram married Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years. [21] The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri. [22] The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. [23] Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. [24] The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. [25] Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. [26] It was 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] They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron. [28] On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, [29] the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I say to you." [30] However, Moses said before the LORD, "Listen! I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"