Êxodo 6

¹ Then the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Nowe shalt thou see, what I will doe vnto Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them goe, and euen be constrained to driue them out of his land.

² Moreouer God spake vnto Moses, and sayd vnto him, I am the Lord,

³ And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my nameBy which he signifies that he will perform indeed that which he promised to their fathers: for this name declares that he is constant and will perform his promise.JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

⁴ Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

⁵ So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.

⁶ Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out fro the burdens of the Egyptians, & will deliuer you out of their bondage, and will redeeme you in a stretched out arme, and in great iudgements.

⁷ And I willHe means, concerning the outward calling, the dignity of which they lost later by their rebellion: but as for election to life everlasting, it is unchangeable.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.

⁸ And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.

⁹ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkenedSo hard a thing it is to show true obedience under the cross.not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

¹¹ Go speak to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel goe out of his land.

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] ofOr barbarous and rude in speech and by this word {(uncircumcised)} is signified the whole corruption of man's nature.uncircumcised lips?

¹³ Then the Lord spake vnto Moses & vnto Aaron, & charged them to goe to the children of Israel & to Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt.

¹⁴ These [be] the headsThis genealogy shows whom Moses and Aaron came from.of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.

¹⁵ Also the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel and Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zoar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

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 hundredFor he was 42 years old when he came into Egypt and lived there 94 years.thirty and seven years.

¹⁷ The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families.

¹⁸ And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, & Vzziel. (and Kohath liued an hundreth thirtie and three yeere)

¹⁹ Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds.

²⁰ And Amram took him Jochebed hisThis type of marriage was later forbidden in the law; (Lev_18:12).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.

²¹ And the sons of Izhar;Moses and he were cousins, whose rebellion was punished in (Num_16:1).Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

²² And the sonnes of Vzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³ And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister ofWho was a prince of Judah, (Num_1:7).Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁴ Also the sonnes of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

²⁵ And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke him one of the daughters of Putiel to his wife, which bare him Phinehas: these are the principall fathers of the Leuites throughout their families.

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 theirFor their families were so great, that they might be compared to armies.armies.

²⁷ These are that Moses and Aaron, which spake to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.

²⁸ And at that time when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹ When the Lorde, I say, spake vnto Moses, saying, I am the Lord, speake thou vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee,

³⁰ And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] ofThe disobedience both of Moses and of the people, shows that their deliverance came only from God's free mercy.uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?