Exodus 6

1Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.”Cross-references: Ex 3:19 · Ex 11:1 · Ex 12:31 · Ex 12:33 · Ex 12:39 · Ex 13:3 · +12 more

2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Gen 15:7 · Ex 6:6 · Ex 6:8 · Ex 14:18 · Ex 17:1 · Ex 20:2 · +7 more

3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.Cross-references: Gen 12:7 · Gen 13:18 · Gen 17:1 · Gen 22:14 · Gen 28:3 · Gen 35:11 · +9 more

4I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.Cross-references: Gen 6:18 · Gen 15:13 · Gen 15:18 · Gen 17:4 · Gen 17:7 · Gen 17:13 · +8 more

5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.Cross-references: Gen 8:1 · Gen 9:15 · Ex 2:24 · Ex 3:7 · Ps 105:8 · Ps 106:44 · +3 more

6Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.Cross-references: Ex 3:17 · Ex 6:2 · Ex 6:8 · Ex 6:29 · Ex 7:4 · Ex 15:13 · +13 more

7I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · Ex 5:4 · Ex 6:6 · Ex 16:12 · Ex 19:5 · Ex 29:45 · +17 more

8I 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 Yahweh.’”Cross-references: Gen 14:22 · Gen 15:18 · Gen 22:16 · Gen 26:3 · Gen 28:13 · Gen 35:12 · +14 more

9Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.Cross-references: Ex 5:21 · Ex 14:12 · Num 21:4 · Job 21:4 · Prov 14:19

10Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

11“Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.”Cross-references: Ex 3:10 · Ex 5:1 · Ex 5:23 · Ex 6:29 · Ex 7:1

12Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”Cross-references: Ex 3:13 · Ex 4:10 · Ex 4:29 · Ex 5:19 · Ex 6:9 · Ex 6:30 · +7 more

13Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.Cross-references: Num 27:19 · Num 27:23 · Deut 31:14 · Ps 91:11 · Matt 4:6 · 1Tim 1:18 · +5 more

14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.Cross-references: Gen 46:9 · Gen 49:3 · Ex 6:25 · Num 26:5 · Josh 13:15 · Josh 13:23 · +7 more

15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.Cross-references: Gen 46:10 · Num 26:12 · 1Chr 4:24

16These 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 one hundred thirty-seven years.Cross-references: Gen 35:28 · Gen 46:11 · Gen 47:28 · Gen 50:26 · Ex 6:18 · Ex 6:20 · +5 more

17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.Cross-references: Gen 46:11 · Num 3:18 · 1Chr 6:17 · 1Chr 23:7

18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.Cross-references: Num 3:19 · Num 26:57 · 1Chr 6:2 · 1Chr 6:18

19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.Cross-references: Num 3:20 · 1Chr 6:19 · 1Chr 23:21

20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.Cross-references: Ex 2:1 · Ex 6:16 · Ex 6:18 · Num 26:59

21The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.Cross-references: Ex 6:24 · Num 16:1 · Num 16:32 · Num 26:10 · 1Chr 6:37

22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.Cross-references: Lev 10:4 · Num 3:30 · Neh 3:20

23Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Cross-references: Ex 24:1 · Ex 24:9 · Lev 10:1 · Num 1:7 · Num 2:3 · Num 3:2 · +8 more

24The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.Cross-references: Ex 6:21 · Num 16:1 · Num 16:32 · Num 26:9 · 1Sam 1:1 · 1Chr 6:22 · +4 more

25Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.Cross-references: Num 25:7 · Num 31:6 · Josh 22:13 · Josh 22:31 · Josh 24:33 · Judg 20:28 · +1 more

26These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”Cross-references: Gen 2:1 · Ex 3:10 · Ex 6:7 · Ex 6:13 · Ex 6:20 · Ex 7:4 · +16 more

27These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.Cross-references: Ex 5:1 · Ex 6:13 · Ex 6:26 · Ex 7:10 · Ex 32:7 · Ex 33:1 · +2 more

28On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29Yahweh said to Moses, “I am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you.”Cross-references: Ex 6:2 · Ex 6:6 · Ex 6:8 · Ex 6:11 · Ex 7:2 · Jer 1:7 · +8 more

30Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”Cross-references: Ex 4:10 · Ex 6:12 · 1Cor 9:16