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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 6 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/exodus/6.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Exodus 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/5.htm" title="Exodus 5">◄</a> Exodus 6 <a href="../exodus/7.htm" title="Exodus 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.’ <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">וארא</p></div><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: ‘I am the LORD;</div> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name יהוה <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span> I made Me not known to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments; <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>‘Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: ‘Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. These are the families of Simeon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: ‘Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: ‘I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Moses said before the LORD: ‘Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?’<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} The ineffable name, read Adonai, which means, the Lord.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/exodus/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>