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1 Then said Yahweh 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 from his land. |
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2 And God spake unto Moses,–and said unto him, I, am Yahweh: |
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3 I appeared, therefore, unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD Almighty,–although, by my name Yahweh, was I not made known to them; |
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4 Moreover also I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,–even the land of their sojournings wherein they sojourned. |
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5 Moreover also, I, heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom, the Egyptians, were holding in servitude,–So then I remembered my covenant. |
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6 Therefore say thou to the sons of Israel–I, am Yahweh, Therefore will I bring you forth from under the burdens of Egypt, And will deliver you out of their service,–And will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments; |
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7 And will take you to myself, for a people, And will become your God,–And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt: |
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8 And I will bring you into the land as to which I uplifted my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,–and will give it to you as an inheritance: I, am Yahweh.
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9 And Moses spake thus, unto the sons of Israel,–but they hearkened not unto Moses, through shortness of spirit, and through hard service. |
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10 And Yahweh spake unto Moses–saying: |
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11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,–that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. |
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12 And Moses spake before Yahweh, saying,–Lo! the sons of Israel, have not hearkened unto me, how then shall, Pharaoh, hear, I, also being of uncircumcised lips. |
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13 Thus then did Yahweh speak unto Moses and unto Aaron, yea he gave them a charge unto the sons of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,–for the bringing forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. |
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14 These, are the heads of their ancestral house: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These, are the families of, Reuben. |
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15 And, the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitess. These, are the families of, Simeon. |
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16 And, these, are the names of the sons of Levi by their generations, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari,–And, the years of the life of Levi, were a hundred and thirty-seven years. |
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17 The sons of Gershon, Libni and Shimei, by their families. |
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18 And, the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And, the years of the life of Kohath, were a hundred and thirty-three years. |
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19 And, the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. These, are the families of the Levites, by their generations. |
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20 So then, Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, to himself to wife, and she bare to him–Aaron and Moses. And, the years of the life of Amram, were a hundred and thirty-seven. |
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21 And, the sons of Izhar, Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri. |
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22 And, the sons of Uzziel, Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri. |
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23 And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to himself to wife,–and she bare to him–Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
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24 And, the sons of Korah, Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These, are the families of the Korahites. |
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25 And Eleazar, son of Aaron, took to himself [one] of the daughters of Putiel, to himself to wife, and she bare to him Phinehas. These, are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, by their families. |
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26 The same, Aaron and Moses,–to whom said Yahweh, Bring ye forth the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, according to their hosts: |
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27 They who were to speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt: The same, Moses and Aaron. |
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28 Thus came it to pass, that, on a certain day, Yahweh spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt. |
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29 So then Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying–I, am Yahweh: Speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, all that, I, am speaking unto thee. |
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30 And Moses said before Yahweh,–Lo! I, am of uncircumcised lips, how then will Pharaoh, hearken unto me? |
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