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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/exodus/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Promises of Deliverance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the LORD.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the LORD. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the LORD!’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Moses told the people of Israel what the LORD had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Go back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“But LORD!” Moses objected. “My own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m such a clumsy speaker!<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The LORD commanded Moses and Aaron to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt.</p><p class="hdg">The Ancestors of Moses and Aaron</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1">The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their descendants became the clans of Reuben.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom became the ancestor of a clan.</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m">These are the clans of the Levites, as listed in their family records.</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she gave birth to his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas.</p><p class="m">These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the LORD said, “Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>he said to him, “I am the LORD! Tell Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I am telling you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But Moses argued with the LORD, saying, “I can’t do it! I’m such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="it">Yahweh</span><span class="ft"> is a transliteration of the proper name </span><span class="it">YHWH</span><span class="ft"> that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered “the </span><span class="sc">Lord</span><span class="ft">” (note the use of small capitals).</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="it">El-Shaddai,</span><span class="ft"> which means “God Almighty,” is the name for God used in Gen 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">I have uncircumcised lips;</span><span class="ft"> also in 6:30.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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