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Exodus 6

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1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a firm hand shall he send· them ·away, and by a firm hand shall he drive· them ·out of his land.

2 And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.

3 And was seen by Abraham, by Isaac, and by Jacob, in God Shaddai; and by my name Jehovah I was· not ·known to them*.

4 And I also raised·​·up My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they sojourned.

5 And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians make to serve; and I have remembered My covenant.

6 Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will cause you to go·​·out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their servitude; and I will redeem you with a stretched·​·out arm, and with great judgments.

7 And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you for God, and you shall·​·know that I am Jehovah your God, who leads you out from under the burdens of Egypt.

8 And I will bring you to the land where I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am Jehovah.

9 And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel; and they heard not Moses for distress of spirit, and for hard service.

10 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

11 Come, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and let him send the sons of Israel out of his land.

12 And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Behold the sons of Israel have not hearkened to me; and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me, and I uncircumcised of lips?

13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the sons of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to lead out the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 These are the heads of their fathershouses: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch and Pallu, Chezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

15 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.

16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were seven and thirty and a hundred years.

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

18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izehar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were three and thirty and a hundred years.

19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their births.

20 And Amram took Jochebed his aunt to him for a woman; and she gave·​·birth for him to Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were seven and thirty and a hundred years.

21 And the sons of Izehar: Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Aminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for a woman; and for him she gave·​·birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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

25 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took to himself from the daughters of Putiel to himself for a woman; and for him she gave·​·birth to Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites for their families.

26 This is the Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said, bring·​·out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

27 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to lead out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt. This is the Moses and Aaron.

28 And it was, in the day that Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 and Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah; speak thou to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to thee.

30 And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold I am uncircumcised in lips, and how shall Pharaoh hear me?

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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In Genesis 19:37; 21:26; 30:32; 40:7; Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28, this signifies the perpetuity and eternity of a state. (Arcana Coelestia 2838)

In Psalm 2:7, this signifies in time; for with Jehovah the future is present. (True Christian Religion 101)

The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a historical sense, these expressions have respect to the time when Moses lived, but in an internal sense, 'this day' and 'today' signify the perpetuity and eternity of a state. 'Day' denotes state, and likewise 'today,' which is the current time. Anything related to time in the world is eternal in heaven, and to represent this, 'today' or 'to this day' is added. Although, in the historical sense, this appears as if the expressions only have a literal meaning, just like it says in other parts of the Word, such as Joshua 4:9, 6:25, 7:20, Judges 1:21, 26, etc. 'Today' means something perpetual and eternal in Psalms 2:7, 119:89-91, Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18, Deuteronomy 29:9-14, Numbers 28:3, 23, Daniel 8:13, 11:31, 12:11, Exodus 16:4, 19, 20, 23, John 6:31, 32, 49, 50, 58, Matthew 6:11, and Luke 11:3.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2838 [1-4], Genesis 47:26)