6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh]. ·I will use my great power against him, and [^LBy a mighty hand] he will let my people go. ·Because of my power, [^LBy a mighty hand] he will force them out of his country.”

² Then God said to Moses, “I am the Lord. ³ I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name ·God Almighty [El Shaddai], but they did not know me by my name, ·the Lord [Yahweh]. ⁴ I also ·made [established] my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; ^Cthe covenant with Abraham; Gen. 12:1–3] with them to give them the land of Canaan. They ·lived in that land, but it was not their own [^Lsojourned; wandered as aliens]. ⁵ Now I have heard the ·cries [groans; moans] of the ·Israelites [^Lsons of Israel], whom the Egyptians are treating as slaves, and I remember my ·agreement [covenant]. ⁶ So tell the ·people [^Lsons; children] of Israel that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. I will rescue you, so you will not be slaves to the Egyptians. I will ·free [redeem] you by my ·great power [^Loutstretched arm], and ·I will punish the Egyptians terribly [^Lwith great/mighty judgments]. ⁷ I will make you my own people, and I will be your God [^Cthe heart or essence of the covenant]. You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who ·saves you [^Lbrought you out] from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. ⁸ I will ·lead [bring] you to the land that I ·promised [swore; ^Llifted my hand to give; ^Cto take an oath] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’”

⁹ So Moses told this to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], but they would not listen to him. ·They were discouraged [Their spirits were broken], and their slavery was ·hard [cruel].

¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹ “Go tell Pharaoh the king of Egypt that he must let the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] leave his land.”

¹² But Moses answered, “[^LIf] The Israelites will not listen to me, so surely ·the king [^LPharaoh] will not listen to me either. I am ·not a good speaker [^Luncircumcised of lips].”

¹³ But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders about the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] and [^LPharaoh] the king of Egypt. He commanded them to ·lead [bring] the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] out of Egypt.

Families of Israel

¹⁴ These are the ·leaders [heads] of the ·families of Israel [^Ltheir father’s/ancestors’ household]:

Israel’s first son, Reuben, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the ·family groups [clans] of Reuben.

¹⁵ Simeon’s sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the ·family groups [clans] of Simeon.

¹⁶ Levi lived one hundred thirty-seven years. These are the names of his sons according to their family history: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁷ Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei, with their ·families [clans].

¹⁸ Kohath lived one hundred thirty-three years. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.

These are the ·family groups [clans] of Levi, according to their family history.

²⁰ Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred thirty-seven years.

²¹ Izhar’s sons were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.

²² Uzziel’s sons were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³ Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁴ The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the ·family groups [clans] of the Korahites.

²⁵ Eleazar son of Aaron married a daughter of Putiel, and she gave birth to Phinehas.

These are the ·leaders [heads] of the ·family groups [clans] of the Levites.

²⁶ This was the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “·Lead [Bring] the people of Israel out of Egypt by their ·divisions [hosts; companies; ^Ca military term].” ²⁷ Aaron and Moses are the ones who talked to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and told him to let the Israelites leave Egypt.

God Repeats His Call to Moses

²⁸ The Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt ²⁹ and said, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh the king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

³⁰ But Moses answered, “I am ·not a good speaker [^Luncircumcised of lips]. ·The king [^LPharaoh] will not listen to me.”