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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.
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And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.
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And was seen by Abraham, by Isaac, and by Jacob, in God Shaddai; and by my name Jehovah I was· not ·known to them*.
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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.
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And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians make to serve; and I have remembered My covenant.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel; and they heard not Moses for distress of spirit, and for hard service.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Come, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and let him send the sons of Israel out of his land.
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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?
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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.
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These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch and Pallu, Chezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
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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.
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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.
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The sons of Gershon; Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
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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.
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And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their births.
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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.
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And the sons of Izehar: Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri.
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And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
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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.
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And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And it was, in the day that Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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and Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah; speak thou to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to thee.
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And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold I am uncircumcised in lips, and how◦ shall Pharaoh hear me?
