Thematic Bible

Exodus 6:1

Jehovah said to Moses: Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will show him my power. He will let my people go! I will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.

Exodus 6:2

God spoke further to Moses and said to him: I am Jehovah.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name, Jehovah, I did not make myself known to them.

Exodus 6:4

I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as foreigners.

Exodus 6:5

Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel. This is because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage. I have remembered my covenant.

Exodus 6:6

Tell the sons of Israel: 'I am Jehovah. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians. I will free you from slavery! I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.'

Exodus 6:7

I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you to the land I solemnly swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession. I am Jehovah!'

Exodus 6:9

Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work.

Exodus 6:10

Then Jehovah told Moses:
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Exodus 6:11

Demand that Pharaoh king of Egypt let the sons of Israel go.

Exodus 6:12

But Moses replied: I am not a powerful speaker. If the sons of Israel will not listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?

Exodus 6:13

Jehovah sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the sons of Israel and for the king. He also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.

Exodus 6:14

The following men were the heads of their father's households: The sons of Reuben, Jacob's oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Exodus 6:15

The 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.

Exodus 6:16

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.

Exodus 6:17

The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

Exodus 6:18

The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived one hundred and thirty-three years.

Exodus 6:19

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

Exodus 6:20

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.

Exodus 6:21

The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

Exodus 6:22

The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.

Exodus 6:23

Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:24

The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

Exodus 6:25

Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families.

Exodus 6:26

It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said: Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.

Exodus 6:27

They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 6:28

On the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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Exodus 6:29

Jehovah said to Moses: I am Jehovah! Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.
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Exodus 6:30

But Moses protested to Jehovah: I am unskilled in speech. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?
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