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clearly what a man does, examining
every path he takes.
5:15 Hebrew Drink water from your own cistern, / flowing
water from your own well. 5:16 Hebrew Why spill your
springs in the streets, / your streams in the city squares?
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EXODUS 5:22–7:25
Then Moses went back to the Lord and
protested, “Why have you brought all
this trouble on your own people, Lord?
Why did you send me? 23Ever since I
came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he
has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done nothing to rescue them!”
the Lord told Moses, “Now you
will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When
he feels the force of my strong hand, he
will let the people go. In fact, he will
force them to leave his land!”
2And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—
‘the Lord.’* 3I appeared to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God
Almighty’*—but I did not reveal my
name, Yahweh, to them. 4 And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under
its terms, I promised to give them the
land of Canaan, where they were living as
foreigners. 5 You can be sure that I have
heard the groans of the people of Israel,
who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And
I am well aware ofmy covenant with them.
6“Therefore, say to the people of Israel:
‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your
oppression and will rescue you from
your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you
with a powerful arm and great acts of
judgment. 7 I will claim you as my own
people, and I will be your God. Then you
will know that I am the Lord your God
who has freed you from your oppression
in Egypt. 8I will bring you into the land I
swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Ja6:1Then
cob. I will give it to you as your very own
possession. I am the Lord!’”
9 So Moses told the people of Israel
what the Lord had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality
of their slavery.
10Then the Lord said to Moses, 11“Go
back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and
tell him to let the people of Israel leave
his country.”
12“But Lord!” Moses objected. “My
own people won’t listen to me anymore.
How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m
such a clumsy speaker!*”
13But the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron and gave them orders for the
Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt. The Lord commanded Moses
and Aaron to lead the people of Israel
out of Egypt.
14These are the ancestors of some of
the clans of Israel:
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son,
were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi. Their descendants became
the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel,
Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul.
(Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite
woman.) Their descendants became
the clans of Simeon.
16These are the descendants of Levi, as
listed in their family records: The
sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari. (Levi lived to be
137 years old.)
17 The descendants of Gershon
included Libni and Shimei, each of
whom became the ancestor of a clan.
18The descendants of Kohath
included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years
old.)
19 The descendants of Merari
included Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites, as
listed in their family records.
20Amram married his father’s sister
Jochebed, and she gave birth to his
