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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh:
Because of my mighty hand he will let them go.
because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."
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God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD.
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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,
but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.
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I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan,
where they lived as aliens.
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Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians
are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
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"Therefore, say to the Israelites:
'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
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I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
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And I will bring to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham,
to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.' "
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Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him
because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."
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But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me,
why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?"
Family Record of Moses and Aaron
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Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
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These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son
of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
These were the clans of Reuben.
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The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul
the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
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These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
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The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
Kohath lived 133 years.
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The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
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Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him
Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
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The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
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Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon,
and she bore him Nafdab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiassaph.
These were the Korahite clans.
