1 The LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. Compelled by a strong hand he will let them go; compelled by a strong hand he will drive them from his land."
2 God spoke further to Moses and told him, "I am the LORD.
3 To Abraham, Isaac and Jacob I appeared as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.
4 I also set up my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
5 And I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians are keeping in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
6 So tell the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD. I will bring you out from beneath the forced labor of the Egyptians and free you from bondage to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from beneath the forced labor of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you to the land I lifted my hand to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; I will give it to you as your own. I am the LORD.'"
9 Moses told this to the children of Israel, but they would not listen to Moses, because their spirit was crushed and their bondage was cruel.
10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11 "Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to send the children of Israel out of his land."
12 But Moses said in the LORD's presence, "If the children of Israel have not listened to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since my lips are uncircumcised?"
13 Yet the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders concerning the children of Israel and concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 These were the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
16 These were the names of the sons of Levi, by their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
17 The sons of Gershon, clan by clan: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived a hundred and thirty-three years.
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, by their generations.
20 Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg and Zichri.
22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
25 Aaron's son Eleazar married one of Putiel's daughters, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite fathers' houses, clan by clan.
26 It was this Aaron and this Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, army by army."
27 They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the children of Israel out of Egypt: this same Moses and Aaron.
28 On the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 the LORD told Moses, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I am telling you."
30 But Moses said in the LORD's presence, "My lips are uncircumcised; why would Pharaoh listen to me?"