¹ Then said Yahweh 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 from his land.

² And God spake unto Moses,—and said unto him, I, am Yahweh:

³ I appeared, therefore, unto Abraham unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD Almighty,—although, by my name Yahweh was I not made known to them;

⁴ Moreover also I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,—even the land of their sojournings wherein they sojourned.

⁵ Moreover also, I heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians, were holding in servitude, So then I remembered my covenant.

⁶ Therefore say thou to the sons of Israel-I, am Yahweh, Therefore will I bring you forth from under the burdens of Egypt, And will deliver you out of their service, And will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments;

⁷ And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God,—And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt:

⁸ And I will bring you into the land as to which I uplifted my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,—and will give it to you as an inheritance: I, am Yahweh.

⁹ And Moses spake thus unto the sons of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses, through shortness of spirit, and through hard service.

¹⁰ And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:

¹¹ Go in speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

¹² And Moses spake before Yahweh, saying,—Lo! the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, how then shall Pharaoh, hear, I, also being of uncircumcised lips.

¹³ Thus then did Yahweh speak unto Moses and unto Aaron, yea he gave them a charge unto the sons of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, for the bringing forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ These, are the heads of their ancestral house: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the families of, Reuben.

¹⁵ And, the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitess. These, are the families of, Simeon.

¹⁶ And, these, are the names of the sons of Levi by their generations, Gershon, and Kohath and Merari, And, the years of the life of Levi, were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

¹⁷ The sons of Gershon, Libni and Shimei by their families.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath, were a hundred and thirty-three years.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. These, are the families of the Levites by their generations.

²⁰ So then, Amram took Jochebed, his father’s sister to himself to wife, and she bare to him—Aaron and Moses. And, the years of the life of Amram, were a hundred and thirty-seven.

²¹ And the sons of Izhar, Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri.

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

²³ And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to himself to wife,—and she bare to him—Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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

²⁵ And Eleazar, son of Aaron took to himself [one] of the daughters of Putiel, to himself to wife, and she bare to him Phinehas. These, are the heads of the fathers of the Levites by their families.

²⁶ The same, Aaron and Moses,—to whom said Yahweh, Bring ye forth the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, according to their hosts:

²⁷ They who were to speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt: The same, Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ Thus came it to pass, that on a certain day, Yahweh spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt.

²⁹ So then Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying—I, am Yahweh: Speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, all that, I, am speaking unto thee.

³⁰ And Moses said before Yahweh,—Lo! I, am of uncircumcised lips, how then will Pharaoh hearken unto me?