[1] But the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to
Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, yea, with a strong
hand he will drive them out of his land." [2] And God said to Moses, "I am
the LORD. [3] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God
Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. [4]
I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land in which they dwelt as sojourners. [5] Moreover I have heard the
groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold in bondage and I
have remembered my covenant. [6] Say therefore to the people of Israel, `I
am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you
with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment, [7] and I will
take you for my people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I
am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians. [8] And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I
am the LORD.'" [9] Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel; but they did
not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel
bondage. [10] And the LORD said to Moses, [11] "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of
Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land." [12] But Moses said
to the LORD, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me; how
then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am a man of uncircumcised lips?" [13]
But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to the people
of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the people of Israel out of
the land of Egypt. [14] These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the
sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
these are the families of Reuben. [15] The sons of Simeon: Jemu'el, Jamin,
Ohad, Jachin, 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 Merar'i, the years of the life
of Levi being a hundred and thirty-seven years. [17] The sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shim'e-i, by their families. [18] The sons of Kohath: Amram,
Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel, the years of the life of Kohath being a hundred
and thirty-three years. [19] The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to their generations. [20] Amram
took to wife Joch'ebed his father's sister and she bore him Aaron and
Moses, the years of the life of Amram being one hundred and thirty-seven
years. [21] The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. [22] And the sons
of Uz'ziel: Mi'sha-el, Elza'phan, and Sithri. [23] Aaron took to wife
Eli'sheba, the daughter of Ammin'adab and the sister of Nahshon; and she
bore him Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar. [24] The sons of Korah:
Assir, Elka'nah, and Abi'asaph; these are the families of the Ko'rahites.
[25] Elea'zar, Aaron's son, took to wife one of the daughters of Pu'ti-el;
and she bore him Phin'ehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of
the Levites by their families. [26] These are the Aaron and Moses to whom
the LORD said: "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by
their hosts." [27] It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about
bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
[28] On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, [29] the
LORD said to Moses, "I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I
say to you." [30] But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, I am of
uncircumcised lips; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?"