Open English Translation EXO Chapter 6

2 Then God spoke to Mosheh again, “I am Yahweh[ref] 3 and I revealed myself to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Yacob as El Shaddai (God the provider) but they didn’t know me by my name Yahweh. 4 What’s more, I made an agreement with them: to give them the Canaan region—the area which they had been staying in. 5 Furthermore, I’ve heard the complaints from the Israelis who have been enslaved by the Egyptians, and I have remembered my agreement. 6 Therefore, tell the Israelis, ‘I am Yahweh and I will help you escape from the control of the Egyptians and rescue you from their slavery. I’ll buy you out of slavery using my power and by punishing the Egyptians for this injustice. 7 I’ll take you all to be my own people, and I’ll be your God. Then you’ll know that I am Yahweh your God—the one rescuing you all from the Egyptian oppression. 8 Then I’ll take you all to the land that I promised to give to Abraham, to Yitshak, and to Yacob, and I’ll give it to you as your own. I am Yahweh.’ ” 9 So Mosheh passed all that on to the Israelis, but they wouldn’t listen to Mosheh, because they were both discouraged and worn out from the slavery.

10 Then Yahweh told Mosheh, 11 “Go and speak to the Egyptian king Far’oh and tell him that he needs to let the Israelis leave his country.” 12 And Mosheh said in front of Yahweh, “Look, the Israelis haven’t listened to me, so why would Far’oh listen? And I have difficulty speaking.” 13 Then Yahweh spoke to Mosheh and Aharon, and he gave them a command to pass on to the Israelis and to the Egyptian king Far’oh: to take the Israelis out of Egypt.

14 The following were the leaders of the clans:

The sons of Reuben (Yisra’el’s eldest son) were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi, and they headed the clans of Reuben.

15 Simeon’s sons were Yemuel, Yamin, Ohad, Yakin, Zohar, and Shaul—the son of a Canaanite woman, and they headed the clans of Simeon.

16 Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi was 137 years old when he died.[ref] 17 Gershon’s sons were Libni and Shimei, and they headed their clans. 18 Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath was 133 years old when he died. 19 Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi, and all of those headed the clans of Levi. 20 Amram married his aunt Yochebed, and she gave birth to Aharon and Mosheh. Amram lived to be 137 years old. 21 Izhar’s sons were Korah, Nefeg, and Zichri. 22 Uzziel’s sons were Mishael, Elzafan, and Sithri.

23 Aharon married Elisheba, Amminadab’s daughter and the sister of Nahshon, and she gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 Korah’s sons were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph, and they headed the clans of Korah. 25 Aharon’s son Eleazar took a wife for himself from the daughters of Putiel and she gave birth to Finehas.

All of those headed the clans of Levi.

26 It was to Aharon and Mosheh that Yahweh had said, “Bring the Israelis out of Egypt by their tribes.” 27 They were the ones who spoke to the Egyptian king Far’oh, to bring the Israelis out of Egypt.

28 On the day that Yahweh spoke to Mosheh in Egypt, 29 he said, “I am Yahweh. Tell the Egyptian king Far’oh everything that I tell you.”

30 “Please listen to me,” Mosheh responded. “I’m not a good speaker, so why should Far’oh listen to me?”