1Then the LORD said unto Moses , Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them go , and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land . 2And God spake unto Moses , and said unto him, I am the LORD : 3And I appeared unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob , by the name of God Almighty , but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan , the land of their pilgrimage , wherein they were strangers . 5And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel , whom the Egyptians keep in bondage ; and I have remembered my covenant .
Moses' Doubts and God's Response
6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel , I am the LORD , 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 a stretched out arm , and with great judgments : 7And I will 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 . 8And I will bring you in unto the land , concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage : I am the LORD . 9And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit , and for cruel bondage .
The Family Line of Moses and Aaron
10And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 11Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , that he let the children of Israel go out of his land . 12And Moses spake before the LORD , saying , Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me , who am of uncircumcised lips ? 13And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel , and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt . 14These be the heads of their fathers’ houses : The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch , and Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi : these be the families of Reuben . 15And the sons of Simeon ; Jemuel , and Jamin , and Ohad , and Jachin , and Zohar , and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman : these are the families of Simeon . 16And 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 hundred thirty and seven years . 17The sons of Gershon ; Libni , and Shimi , according to their families . 18And the sons of Kohath ; Amram , and Izhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel : and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years . 19And the sons of Merari ; Mahali and Mushi : these are the families of Levi according to their generations . 20And 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 an hundred and thirty and seven years . 21And the sons of Izhar ; Korah , and Nepheg , and Zichri . 22And the sons of Uzziel ; Mishael , and Elzaphan , and Zithri . 23And Aaron took him Elisheba , daughter of Amminadab , sister of Naashon , to wife ; and she bare him Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . 24And the sons of Korah ; Assir , and Elkanah , and Abiasaph : these are the families of the Korhites . 25And 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 of the Levites according to their families . 26These are that Aaron and Moses , to whom the LORD said , Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies . 27These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron .
God's Command to Pharaoh
28And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt , 29That the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , I am the LORD : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 30And Moses said before the LORD , Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips , and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?