Exodus 6 · Parashot Shemot–Vaera

Then the Lord said to Moshe, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Par῾o: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

And God spoke to Moshe, and said to him, I am the Lord:

and I appeared to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name, The Lord, I was not known to them.

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Kena῾an, the land of their sojournings, in which they sojourned.

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Yisra᾽el, kept in bondage by Miżrayim; and I have remembered my covenant.

Therefore say to the children of Yisra᾽el, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Miżrayim, and I will deliver you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

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 the Lord your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of Miżrayim.

And I will bring you into the land, which I swore to give to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the Lord.

And Moshe spoke so to the children of Yisra᾽el: but they hearkened not to Moshe for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

Go in, speak to Par῾o, king of Miżrayim, that he let the children of Yisra᾽el go out of his land.

And Moshe spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Yisra᾽el have not hearkened to me; how then shall Par῾o hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

And the Lord spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, and gave them a charge to the children of Yisra᾽el, and to Par῾o king of Miżrayim, to bring the children of Yisra᾽el out of the land of Miżrayim.

These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Re᾽uven, the firstborn of Yisra᾽el, Ḥanokh and Pallu, Ḥeżron, and Karmi: these are the families of Re᾽uven.

And the sons of Shim῾on, Yemu᾽el and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yakhin, and Żoĥar, and Sha᾽ul the son of the Kena῾anite woman; these are the families of Shim῾on.

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, by generations, Gershon, and Qehat, and Merari: and the years of Levi’s life were a hundred and thirty seven years.

The sons of Gershon, Livni and Shim῾i, according to their families.

And the sons of Qehat, ῾Amram, and Yiżhar, and Ḥevron, and ῾Uzzi᾽el; and the years of the life of Qehat were a hundred and thirty three years.

And the sons of Merari were Maĥli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi by their generations.

And ῾Amram took him Yokheved his father’s sister to wife; and she bore him Aharon and Moshe: and the years of the life of ῾Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years.

And the sons of Yiżhar; Qoraĥ, and Nefeg, and Zikhri.

And the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; Misha᾽el, and Elżafan and Sitri.

And Aharon took him Elisheva daughter of ῾Amminadav, sister of Naĥshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadav, and Avihu, El῾azar and Itamar.

And the sons of Qoraĥ; Assir, and Elqana, and Avi᾽asaf: these are the families of the Qorĥi.

And El῾azar Aharon’s son took him one of the daughters of Puti᾽el to wife; and she bore him Pineĥas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

These are that Aharon and Moshe, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Yisra᾽el from the land of Miżrayim according to their hosts.

These are they who spoke to Par῾o king of Miżrayim, to bring out the children of Yisra᾽el from Miżrayim: these are that Moshe and Aharon.

And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spoke to Moshe in the land of Miżrayim,

that the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying, I am the Lord: speak to Par῾o king of Miżrayim all that I say to thee.

And Moshe said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Par῾o hearken to me?