¹Then the Lord said to Moses, “You will now see what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” ²And God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord, ³and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, and my name is the Lord, but I was not known to them in that character. ⁴And I will also set up my covenant with them, by giving them the land of Canaan – the land of their domicile where they were resident. ⁵And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel whom the Egyptians are forcing to work, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their works, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ⁷And I will take you to myself as a people, and I will be God to you, and you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from being under the burdens of Egypt. ⁸And I will bring you to the land where I raised my hand swearing to give it to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession, as I am the Lord.’ ” ⁹So Moses spoke like that to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their impatience and the harsh work. ¹⁰Then the Lord spoke to Moses and said, ¹¹“Go and speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and say that he is to let the sons of Israel go from his land.” ¹²Then Moses spoke in the presence of the Lord and said, “Look, the sons of Israel have not listened to me, so how will Pharaoh listen to me, and I have an impediment in my speech.” ¹³Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he gave them instructions regarding the sons of Israel and Pharaoh the king of Egypt, so as to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁴These are the heads of the households of their fathers. The sons of Reuben Israel's firstborn were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. Those were the families of Reuben. ¹⁵And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Saul the son of the Canaanite woman. Those were the families of Simeon. ¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi, by their genealogy: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years. ¹⁷The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei according to their families. ¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of Kohath's life were one hundred and thirty-three years. ¹⁹And the sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Those were the families of the Levites by their genealogies. ²⁰And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as his wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life were one hundred and thirty-seven years. ²¹And the sons of Izhar were Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. ²²And the sons of Uzziel were Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. ²³And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, Nahshon's sister as his wife, and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴And the sons of Korah were Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. Those were the families of the Korhites. ²⁵And Eleazar the son of Aaron took one of Putiel's daughters as his wife, and she bore him Phinehas. Those were the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶They are the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their companies.” ²⁷They are the ones who told Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt. They are Moses and Aaron. ²⁸And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹that the Lord spoke to Moses and said, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh the king of Egypt everything that I say to you.” ³⁰Then Moses said before the Lord, “Look, I have an impediment in my speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?”