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Exodus 6 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Promises of Deliverance
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:2 - And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the LORD.’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:3 - I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’[fn]—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:4 - And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the LORD. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:8 - I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the LORD!’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses told the people of Israel what the LORD had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:10 - Then the LORD said to Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Go back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - “But LORD!” Moses objected. “My own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m such a clumsy speaker![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The LORD commanded Moses and Aaron to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt.
The Ancestors of Moses and Aaron
(Gen 46:8–27 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel: The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their descendants became the clans of Reuben.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:15 - The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 - The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom became the ancestor of a clan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 - The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, as listed in their family records.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 - Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:21 - The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:22 - The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she gave birth to his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:24 - The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas. These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the LORD said, “Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:28 - When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - he said to him, “I am the LORD! Tell Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I am telling you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses argued with the LORD, saying, “I can’t do it! I’m such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?”
NLT Footnotes
Yahweh is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the LORD” (note the use of small capitals).
El-Shaddai, which means “God Almighty,” is the name for God used in Gen 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3.
Hebrew I have uncircumcised lips; also in 6:30.
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