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.
(6:1) "Now shalt thou see what I will do to
Pharaoh."
6:2
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.
6:6
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:
6:7
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.
6:11
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
(6:12, 30) Complaining about his
difficulty with public speaking, Moses says, "Behold I am of uncircumcised
lips." Was Moses a good speaker?
(6:12) "Behold, [I] am of uncircumcised lips."
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.
(6:16-20)
Levi, Kohath, and Amram join the long list of biblical
characters with ridiculously long lives (137, 133, and 137 years, respectively).
(6:16) "And the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years."
6:16
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.
6:17
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
6:18
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.
(6:18) "The years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years."
6:19
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi
according to their generations.
(6:20a)
"Amram took ... his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses."
Moses and Aaron were the products of an incestuous marriage. Is incest forbidden?
(6:20b) "The years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years."
6:20And 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.
6:21
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
6:23
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to
wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the
families of the Korhites.
6:25
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,
6:29
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?