| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1But the LORD replied to Moses, "Now you are going to see what I will do to Pharaoh: he will let them go because of My strong hand; he will drive them out of his land because of My strong hand." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Then God spoke to Moses, telling him, "I am Yahweh. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not reveal My name Yahweh to them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered My covenant." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Therefore tell the Israelites: I am Yahweh, and I will deliver you from the forced labor of the Egyptians and free you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Yahweh your God, who delivered you from the forced labor of the Egyptians. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Yahweh." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then the LORD spoke to Moses, " |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But Moses said in the LORD's presence: "If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker?" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14These are the heads of their fathers' families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the clans of Simeon. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogy: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their genealogy. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. She bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26It was this Aaron and Moses whom the LORD told, "Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their divisions." |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28On the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29He said to him, "I am Yahweh; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I am telling you." |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30But Moses replied in the LORD's presence, "Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me?" |
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