Yahweh Discusses His Name and Israel’s Future

¹ And Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, because with a strong hand he will release them, and with a strong hand he will drive them out from his land.”

² And God spoke to Moses, and he said to him, “I am Yahweh.

³ And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai,¹ but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

1. Often translated as “Almighty”

⁴ And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

⁵ but also I myself heard the groaning of the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ whom the Egyptians are making to work, and I remembered my covenant.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

⁶ Therefore say to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the ⌞forced labor⌟² of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”

⁷ And I will take you ⌞as my people⌟,¹ and I will be ⌞your God⌟,² and you will know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the ⌞forced labor⌟³ of Egypt.

1. Literally “to/for me for a people”
2. Literally “to/for you for a God”
3. Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”

⁸ And I will bring you to the land ⌞that I swore⌟¹ to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh.”

1. Literally “that I raised my hand”

⁹ And Moses spoke thus to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ but they did not listen to Moses, because of ⌞discouragement⌟² and because of hard work.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “a lack of spirit” or “shortness of spirit”

¹⁰ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹ “Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and let him release the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ from his land.”

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

¹² And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Look, the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ do not listen to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am ⌞a poor speaker⌟?”²

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “uncircumcised of lips”

¹³ And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and he commanded them to go to the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the ⌞Israelites⌟² out from the land of Egypt.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

¹⁴ These are the heads of ⌞their families⌟.¹ The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.

1. Literally “the house of their fathers”

¹⁵ And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jakin and Zohar and Shaul the son of the Canaanitess.¹ These are the clans of Simeon.

1. Or “the Canaanite woman.” The Hebrew word is feminine

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:¹ Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were ⌞one hundred and thirty-seven years⌟.²

1. Or “generations”
2. Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”

¹⁷ The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were ⌞one hundred and thirty-three years⌟.¹

1. Literally “three and thirty and hundred of year”

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.¹

1. Or “generations”

²⁰ And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were ⌞one hundred and thirty-seven years⌟.¹

1. Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”

²¹ And the sons of Izhar are Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.

²² And the sons of Uzziel are Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.

²³ And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁴ And the sons of Korah are Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.

²⁵ And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ⌞families⌟¹ of the Levites according to their clans.

1. Literally “fathers”

²⁶ It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions.”

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

²⁷ They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

²⁸ ⌞And so it was on a certain day⌟¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt.

1. Literally “and it was on a day”

²⁹ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I am speaking to you.”

³⁰ And Moses said before Yahweh, “Look, I am ⌞a poor speaker⌟.¹ And how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

1. Literally “uncircumcised of lips”