Exodus 5:22   (Read all of Exodus 5)

Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?

Exodus 5:23   (Read all of Exodus 5)

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

Exodus 6:1   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."

Exodus 6:2   (Read all of Exodus 6)

God also said to Moses, "I am the Lord.

Exodus 6:6   (Read all of Exodus 6)

"Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Exodus 6:8   (Read all of Exodus 6)

And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.' "

Exodus 6:10   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 6:12   (Read all of Exodus 6)

But Moses said to the Lord, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips ?"

Exodus 6:13   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

Exodus 6:14   (Read all of Exodus 6)

These were the heads of their families : The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

Exodus 6:15   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

Exodus 6:16   (Read all of Exodus 6)

These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:17   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.

Exodus 6:18   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Exodus 6:19   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

Exodus 6:20   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:21   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

Exodus 6:22   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.

Exodus 6:23   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:24   (Read all of Exodus 6)

The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

Exodus 6:25   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

Exodus 6:26   (Read all of Exodus 6)

It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."

Exodus 6:27   (Read all of Exodus 6)

They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt-this same Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 6:28   (Read all of Exodus 6)

Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt,