circa 1446 BC
Moses & The Exodus
God raises up Moses to confront Pharaoh; the ten plagues culminate in Israel's dramatic deliverance from four centuries of bondage.
- Exodus 6:3c. 1491 BC
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
- Exodus 6:4c. 1491 BC
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
- Exodus 6:5c. 1491 BC
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
- Exodus 6:6c. 1491 BC
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 rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 6:7c. 1491 BC
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, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 6:8c. 1491 BC
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
- Exodus 6:9c. 1491 BC
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Exodus 6:10c. 1491 BC
¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Exodus 6:11c. 1491 BC
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Exodus 6:12c. 1491 BC
And Moses spake 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?
- Exodus 6:13c. 1491 BC
And the LORD spake 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.
- Exodus 6:14c. 1491 BC
¶ These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
- Exodus 6:15c. 1491 BC
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.
- Exodus 6:16c. 1491 BC
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 an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Exodus 6:17c. 1491 BC
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
- Exodus 6:18c. 1491 BC
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
- Exodus 6:19c. 1491 BC
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
- Exodus 6:20c. 1491 BC
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
- Exodus 6:21c. 1491 BC
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
- Exodus 6:22c. 1491 BC
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
- Exodus 6:23c. 1491 BC
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 6:24c. 1491 BC
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
- Exodus 6:25c. 1491 BC
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
- Exodus 6:26c. 1491 BC
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 armies.
- Exodus 6:27c. 1491 BC
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.