Exod 6
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And YHWH said to Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong
hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
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And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am YHWH:
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and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name
YHWH I was not known to them.
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And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
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And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
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Wherefore say to the children of Israel, I am YHWH, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I
will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
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and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall
know that I am YHWH your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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And I will bring you in to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am YHWH.
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And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they hearkened not to Moses for
anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of
his land.
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And Moses spoke before YHWH, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened
to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel,
and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
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These are the heads of their fathers` houses. 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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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul
the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
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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 a hundred thirty and
seven years.
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The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
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And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of
the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.
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And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according
to their generations.
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And Amram took him Jochebed his father`s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and
Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
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And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
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And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
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And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to
wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of
the Korahites.
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And Eleazar Aaron`s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare
him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers` [houses] of the Levites according
to their families.
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These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom YHWH said, Bring out the children of Israel
from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
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These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel
from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
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And it came to pass on the day when YHWH spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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that YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, I am YHWH: speak you to Pharaoh king of Egypt all
that I speak to you.
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And Moses said before YHWH, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh
hearken to me?