[1] And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to
Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving
them out of his land because of my outstretched arm. [2] And God said to
Moses, I am Yahweh: [3] I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh. [4]
And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the
land of their wanderings. [5] And truly my ears are open to the cry of the
children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have
kept in mind my agreement. [6] Say then to the children of Israel, I am
Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and
make you safe from their power, and will make you free by the strength of
my arm after great punishments. [7] And I will take you to be my people and
I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God,
who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. [8] And I will be
your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh. [9]
And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no
attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight
of their work. [10] And the Lord said to Moses, [11] Go in and say to
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of
his land. [12] And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of
Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose
lips are unclean? [13] And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron,
with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to
take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. [14] These are the
heads of their fathers' families: the sons of Reuben the oldest son of
Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are 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 woman of Canaan: these are the families
of Simeon. [16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of
their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's
life were a hundred and thirty-seven. [17] The sons of Gershon: Libni and
Shimei, in the order of their families. [18] And the sons of Kohath: Amram
and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of Kohath's life were a
hundred and thirty-three. [19] And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi:
these are the families of the Levites, in the order of their generations.
[20] And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave
birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and
thirty-seven. [21] And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. [22]
And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. [23] And Aaron
took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of
Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. [24]
And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the
families of the Korahites. [25] And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife
one of the daughters of Putiel; and she gave birth to Phinehas. These are
the heads of the families of the Levites, in the order of their families.
[26] These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt in their armies. [27] These are
the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of
Egypt: these are the same Moses and Aaron. [28] And on the day when the
word of the Lord came to Moses in the land of Egypt, [29] The Lord said to
Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying
to you. [30] And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it
possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?