1And YHWH said to Moses, “Now you’ll see what I shall do to Pharaoh, because with a strong hand he’ll let them go, and with a strong hand he’ll drive them from his land.”
2And God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am YHWH. 3And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shadday, and I was not known to them by my name, YHWH.* 4And I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their residences, in which they resided. 5And also: I’ve heard the cry of the children of Israel as Egypt is enslaving them, and I’ve remembered my covenant. 6Therefore, say to the children of Israel: ‘I am YHWH, and I shall bring you out from under Egypt’s burdens, and I shall rescue you from their toil, and I shall redeem you with an outstretched arm and with tremendous judgments, 7 and I shall take you to me as a people, and I shall become your God, and you’ll know that I am YHWH, your God, who is bringing you out from under Egypt’s burdens. 8And I shall bring you to the land that I raised my hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I shall give it to you as a possession. I am YHWH.’”
9And Moses spoke this to the children of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses because of shortage of spirit and because of hard work.
10And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 11“Come, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he should let the children of Israel go from his land.”
12And Moses spoke in front of YHWH, saying, “Here, the children of Israel didn’t listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?! And I’m uncircumcised of lips!”**
13And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaront‡ and commanded them regarding the children of Israel and regarding Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt. 14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses:*
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. 15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Saul, son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon. l6And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their records: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. And the years of Levi’s life were a hundred thirty-seven years. 17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families. l8And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of Kohath’s life were a hundred thirty-three years. 19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.93 These are the families of Levi by their records. 20And Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as a wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses for him. And the years of Amram’s life were a hundred thirty-seven years. 21And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. 22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. 23And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon as a wife; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar for him. 24And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. 25And Eleazar son of Aaron had taken one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she gave birth for him to Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
26That is Aaron and Moses,** to whom YHWH said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt by their masses.” 27They were the ones speaking to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. That is Moses and Aaron.
28And it was in the day that YHWH spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29and YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, “I am YHWH. Speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything that I speak to you.”
30And Moses said in front of YHWH, “Here, I’m uncircumcised of lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?!”