{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/exodus/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T04:41:26.821Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Yahweh said to Moses, |Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.|"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"God spoke to Moses, and said to him, |I am Yahweh;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"|Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, |Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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 one hundred thirty-seven years."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, |Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.|"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, |I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Moses said before Yahweh, |Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 6 (WEB)","markdown":"[Exodus 6](https://primebible.com/web/exodus/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/exodus/6 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}