¹ Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Nüüd sa saad näha, mida ma vaaraole teen; sest vägeva käe sunnil ta laseb nad minna ja vägeva käe sunnil ta ajab nad ära oma maalt.'

² Ja Jumal rääkis Moosesega ning ütles temale: 'Mina olen Issand.

³ Mina olen ennast ilmutanud Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile Kõigeväelise Jumalana, aga oma nime Jahve ei ole ma neile teatavaks teinud.

⁴ Mina olen nendega teinud ka oma lepingu, et ma annan neile Kaananimaa, nende rännakute maa, kus nad on võõrana elanud.

⁵ Mina olen ka kuulnud Iisraeli laste ägamist, et egiptlased neid orjastavad, ja ma olen mõelnud oma lepingule.

⁶ Seepärast ütle Iisraeli lastele: Mina olen Issand ja mina viin teid ära egiptlaste teoorjuse alt; ma päästan teid nende orjatööst ja lunastan teid oma väljasirutatud käsivarrega ning suurte kohtupidamistega.

⁷ Mina võtan teid enesele rahvaks ja olen teile Jumalaks, ja teie peate tundma, et mina olen Issand, teie Jumal, kes teid viib välja egiptlaste teoorjusest.

⁸ Mina viin teid sellele maale, mille pärast ma oma käe üles tõstsin, et ma annan selle Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile. Mina annan selle teie omandiks, mina, Issand.'

⁹ Ja Mooses rääkis nõnda Iisraeli lastele, aga nemad ei kuulanud Moosest rõhutud meeleolu ja ränga orjuse tõttu.

¹⁰ Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

¹¹ 'Mine ütle vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale, et ta laseks Iisraeli lapsed oma maalt ära minna!'

¹² Aga Mooses rääkis Issanda ees, öeldes: 'Vaata, Iisraeli lapsed ei kuula mind, kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtab? Mina olen ju huultelt ümberlõikamata.'

¹³ Aga Issand rääkis Moosesega ja Aaroniga ning andis neile käsu minna Iisraeli laste ja vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga juurde, et viia Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusemaalt välja.

¹⁴ Need olid nende perekondade peamehed: Ruubeni, Iisraeli esmasündinu pojad olid: Hanok, Pallu, Hesron ja Karmi; need olid Ruubeni suguvõsad.

¹⁵ Siimeoni pojad olid Jemuel, Jaamin, Ohad, Jaakin, Sohar ja Saul, kaananlanna poeg; need olid Siimeoni suguvõsad.

¹⁶ Need olid Leevi poegade nimed nende sünnijärgluses: Geerson, Kehat ja Merari; ja Leevi eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

¹⁷ Geersoni pojad olid Libni ja Simei oma suguvõsade kaupa.

¹⁸ Kehati pojad olid Amram, Jishar, Hebron ja Ussiel; ja Kehati eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend kolm aastat.

¹⁹ Merari pojad olid Mahli ja Muusi; need olid Leevi suguvõsad oma sünnijärgluses.

²⁰ Amram võttis enesele naiseks Jookebedi, oma isa õe, ja see tõi temale ilmale Aaroni ja Moosese; ja Amrami eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

²¹ Jishari pojad olid Korah, Nefeg ja Sikri.

²² Ussieli pojad olid Miisael, Elsafan ja Sitri.

²³ Aaron võttis Eliseba, Amminadabi tütre, Nahsoni õe, enesele naiseks, ja see tõi temale ilmale Naadabi, Abihu, Eleasari ja Iitamari.

²⁴ Korahi pojad olid Assir, Elkana ja Abiasaf; need olid korahlaste suguvõsad.

²⁵ Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, võttis enesele naise Puutieli tütreist, ja see tõi temale ilmale Piinehasi; need olid leviitide perekondade peamehed nende suguvõsade kaupa.

²⁶ Need olid Aaron ja Mooses, kellele Issand ütles: 'Viige Iisraeli lapsed nende väehulkade kaupa Egiptusemaalt välja!'

²⁷ Nemad olid, kes rääkisid vaaraoga, Egiptuse kuningaga, et Iisraeli lapsi Egiptusest välja viia - Mooses ja Aaron.

²⁸ Sel päeval, mil Issand rääkis Moosesega Egiptusemaal,

²⁹ Issand rääkis Moosesele, öeldes: 'Mina olen Issand! Räägi vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale kõike, mis ma sulle räägin!'

³⁰ Ja Mooses ütles Issanda ees: 'Vaata, ma olen huultelt ümberlõikamata. Kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtaks?'

¹ The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

² It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

³ They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

⁴ They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

⁵ Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

⁶ Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

⁷ Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

⁸ So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

⁹ Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

¹⁰ This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

¹¹ Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹² Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

¹³ Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁴ Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

¹⁵ and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁶ Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

¹⁷ Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁸ Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

¹⁹ Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

²¹ Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²² Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

²³ Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁴ Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

²⁵ Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁶ Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁷ Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

²⁸ Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

²⁹ Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

³⁰ Sarai was barren. She had no child.

³¹ Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

³² The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.