Yahweh Remembers His Covenant
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for aby a strong hand he will let them go, and by a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am aYahweh; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as aGod Almighty, but by bMy name, Yahweh, I was not known to them. 4 And I also established aMy covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned. 5 Furthermore I have aheard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘aI am Yahweh, and bI will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also credeem you with dan outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 Then I will take you afor My people, and bI will be your God; and cyou shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land which aI swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and bI will give it to you for a possession; cI am Yahweh.’” 9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on aaccount of their weakness of spirit and hard slavery.
10 Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “aCome, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; ahow then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of buncircumcised lips?” 13 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Heads of Israel’s Households
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ households. aThe sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
15 The asons 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.
16 These are the names of athe sons of Levi according to their generations:
Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were 137 years.
17 aThe sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18 aThe sons of Kohath:
Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were 133 years.
19 aThe sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20 aAnd Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.
21 aThe sons of Izhar:
Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
22 aThe sons of Uzziel:
Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of aAmminadab, the sister of bNahshon, as a wife, and she bore him cNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The asons of Korah:
Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
25 And Aaron’s son aEleazar took one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore him bPhinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. 26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “aBring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their bhosts.” 27 They were the ones awho spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.
Aaron Will Speak for Moses
28 Now it happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “aI am Yahweh; bspeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.” 30 But Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of auncircumcised lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”