Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 006
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And HaShem said unto Moses: 'Now shalt thou see what I will
do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand
shall he drive them out of his land.'
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And G-d spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am HaShem;
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and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as
G-d Almighty, but by My name hwhy [This divine name is traditionally not
pronounced; instead, Adonai, (the) Lord, is regularly substituted for it.] I
made Me not known to them.
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And I have also established My covenant with them, to give
them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
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And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of
Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.
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Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am HaShem, and
I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver
you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched 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 a G-d; and ye shall know that I am HaShem your G-d, who brought you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians.
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And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I
lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give
it you for a heritage: I am HaShem.'
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And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they
hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:
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'Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land.'
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And Moses spoke before HaShem, saying: 'Behold, the
children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me,
who am of uncircumcised lips?'
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And HaShem spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them
a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel:
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, 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 generations: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of
Levi were a hundred thirty and seven 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 Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three
years.
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And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the
families of the Levites according to their generations.
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And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife;
and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a
hundred and thirty and seven years.
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And the sons of Izhar: 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 Amminadab,
the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him 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 Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of
Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers'
houses of the Levites according to their families.
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These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom HaShem said:
'Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their
hosts.'
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These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to
bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
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And it came to pass on the day when HaShem spoke unto
Moses in the land of Egypt,
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that HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying: 'I am HaShem; speak
thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.'
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And Moses said before HaShem: 'Behold, I am of
uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 006
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