[1] Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
[2] And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.
[3] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.
[4] I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
[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] Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
[7] I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
[8] And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”
[9] So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
[10] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
[11] “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
[12] And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
[13] Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
[14] These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
[15] And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
[16] These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
[17] The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.
[18] And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.
[19] The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
[20] Now Amram took for himself Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.
[21] The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
[22] And the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.
[23] Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[24] And the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
[25] Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
[26] These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”
[27] These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.
[28] And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
[29] that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”
[30] But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”