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The LORD 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.”

God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am the LORD.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.

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.

Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.

Therefore tell 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.

I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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 the LORD.’”

Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”

The LORD 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.

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.

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.

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.

The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

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.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.

The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

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.

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.”

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.

On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

The LORD said to Moses, “I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you.”

Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

فقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «الآنَ تَرى ما أَصنَعُ بِفِرعَون. فإنَّ يَدًا قَوِيَّةً تُجْبِرُه على إِطْلاقِهِم ويَدًا قَوِيَّةً تُجبِرُه على طَردِهم»

وكَلَّمَ اللهُ موسى وقالَ له: «أَنا الرَّبّ

أَنا الَّذي تَرائَيتُ لإِبْراهيمَ وإِسحٰقَ ويَعْقوب إِلٰهًا قَديرًا، وأَمَّا ٱسْمي «الرَّبّ» فلَم أُعلِمْهم بِه

وأَقَمتُ معَهم عَهْدي لِأُعطِيَهم أَرضَ كَنْعان، أَرضَ غُربَتِهِمِ الَّتي نَزَلوا بِها

وقَد سَمِعتُ أَيضًا أَنينَ بَني إِسْرائيلَ الَّذينَ ٱستَعبَدَهمُ المِصرِيُّون، فَذَكَرتُ عَهْدي

لِذٰلك قُلْ لِبَني إِسْرائيل: أَنا الرَّبُّ، لَأُخرِجَنَّكم مِن تحتِ سُخْراتِ المِصرِيِّينَ وأُنقِذُكم مِن عُبودِيَّتِهم وأَفديكم بِذِراعٍ مَبْسوطة وأَحْكامٍ عَظيمة

وأَتَّخِذُكم لي شَعبًا وأَكونُ لَكم إِلٰهًا وتَعلَمونَ أَنِّي أَنا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكمُ الَّذي يُخرِجُكم مِن تَحتِ سُخْراتِ المِصرِيِّين

وسأُدخِلُكمُ الأَرضَ الَّتي رَفَعتُ يَدي مُقسِمًا أَن أُعطِيَها لإِبْراهيمَ وإِسحٰقَ ويَعْقوب، فأُعطِيَها لَكم ميراثًا أَنا الرَّبّ»

فكَلَّمَ موسى بِذٰلِكَ بَني إِسْرائيل، فلَم يَسْمَعوا لِموسى لِضيقِ أَنْفاسِهِم والعُبودِيَّةِ القاسِيَة

فكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ موسى قائلًا

«أُدخُلْ فكَلِّمْ فِرعَونَ، مَلِكَ مِصْر، بأَن يُطلِقَ بَني إِسْرائيلَ مِن أَرضِه»

فتَكَلَّمَ موسى أَمامَ الرَّبِّ قائلًا: «ها إِنَّ بَني إِسْرائيلَ لم يَسْمَعوا لي، فكَيفَ يَسمَعُ لي فِرعَون وأَنا ثَقيلُ اللِّسان؟»

فكلَّمَ الرَّبُّ موسى وهارون وأَعطاهُما أَوامِرَه لِفِرعَونَ، مَلِكِ مِصر، في إِخْراجِ بَني إِسْرائيلَ مِن مِصر

وهٰؤُلاءِ رُؤَساءُ بَيوتِ آبائِهِم: بَنو رَأُوبينَ بِكرِ إِسْرائيل: حَنوك وفَلُّو وحَصْرون وكَرْمي. تِلكَ عَشائِرُ رَأُوبين

وبَنو شِمْعون: يَموئيل ويامين وأُوهَد وياكين وصُوحَر وشاوُلُ ٱبنُ الكَنعانِيَّة. تِلكَ عَشائِرُ شِمْعون

وهٰذه أَسْماءُ بَني لاويَ بحسب سُلالاتِهم: جِرْشون وقَهات ومَراري. وسِنو حياةِ لاويَ مِئَةٌ وسَبعٌ وثَلاثونَ سَنَة

وٱبنا جِرْشون: لِبْني وشِمْعي بِعَشائِرِهما

وبَنو قَهات: عَمْرام ويَصْهار وحَبْرون وعُزِّيئيل. وسِنو حَياةِ قهاتَ مِئَةٌ وثَلاثٌ وثَلاثونَ سَنة

وٱبنا مَراري: مَحْلي وموشي. تِلكَ عَشائِرُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ بِسُلالاتِهم

وٱتَّخَذَ عَمْرامُ يوكابَدَ عَمَّتَه زَوجةً لَه، فوَلَدَت لَه هارونَ وموسى. وكانَت سِنو حَياةِ عَمْرامَ مِئَةً وسَبْعًا وثَلاثينَ سنة

وبَنو يَصْهار: قُورَح وتافَج وزِكْري

وَبَنُو عُزِّيئِيلَ: مِيشَائِيلُ وَأَلْصَافَانُ وَسِتْرِي.

فتَزَوَّجَ هارونُ بِأَليشابَع، بِنتِ عَمِّيناداب، وأُخْتِ نَحْشون، فوَلَدَت لَه ناداب وأَبيهو وأَلِعازر وإِيثامار

وبَنو قُورَح: أَسِّير وأَلْقانَة وأَبيئاساف. تِلكَ عَشائِرُ القورَحِيِّين

وتَزَوَّجَ أَلِعازرُ بنُ هارونَ بِبِنتٍ مِن بَناتِ فوطيئيل، فوَلَدَت لَه فِنْحاس. أُولٰئِكَ رُؤَساءُ آباءِ اللَّاويِّينَ وعَشائِرُهم

وهارونُ وموسى هٰذانِ هُما اللَّذانِ قالَ لَهما الرَّبّ: «أَخرِجا بَني إِسْرائيلَ مِن أَرضِ مِصرَ بِجُيوشِهِم»

وهما اللَّذانِ خاطَبا فِرعَون، مَلِكَ مِصر، لإِخْراجِ بَني إِسْرائيلَ مِن مِصْر، هُما موسى وهارون

وَكَانَ يَوْمَ كَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ

أَنَّ الرَّبَّ خاطَبَ موسى قائلًا: «أَنا الرَّبّ. فكَلِّمْ فِرعَونَ، مَلِكَ مِصرَ، بِكُلِّ ما أَقولُه لَك»

فأَجابَ موسى أَمامَ الرَّبِّ قائلًا: «هاءَنَذا ثَقيلُ اللِّسان، فكَيفَ يَسمَعُ لي فِرعَون؟»