Chapter 6 of The Book of Exodus
6:1
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.
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And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
6:3
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by
the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not
known to them.
6:4
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.
6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my
covenant.
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Wherefore say unto 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:
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And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a
God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which
bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
6:8
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 am the LORD.
6:9
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel
bondage.
6:10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land.
6:12
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children
of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh
hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
6:13
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.
6:14
These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
6:15
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman:
these are the families of Simeon.
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And these 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 were an hundred thirty and seven years.
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The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their
families.
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And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred
thirty and three years.
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And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the
families of Levi according to their generations.
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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 were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
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And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
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And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
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And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
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And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these
are the families of the Korhites.
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And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of
Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads
of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
6:26
These 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.
6:27
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring
out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses
and Aaron.
6:28
And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses
in the land of Egypt,
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That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak
thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
6:30
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
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