Exodus 6:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 6:1

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For ^awith a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand ^bhe will drive them out of his land.”

2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am¹ the Lord.

3 ^aI appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as ^bGod Almighty, but by My name ^cLord I was not known to them.

4 ^aI have also established My covenant with them, ^bto give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, ^cin which they were strangers.

5 And ^aI have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: ^a‘I am the Lord; ^bI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will ^crescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with¹ an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

7 I will ^atake you as My people, and ^bI will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out ^cfrom under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you into the land which I ^aswore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”

9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; ^abut they did not heed Moses, because of ^banguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

12 And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for ^aI am of uncircumcised lips?”

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a ^acommand for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Family of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: ^aThe sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.

15 ^aAnd the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.

16 These are the names of ^athe sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.

17 ^aThe sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.

18 And ^athe sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.

19 ^aThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 Now ^aAmram took for himself ^bJochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him ^cAaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.

21 ^aThe sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 And ^athe sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.

23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of ^aAmminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him ^bNadab, Abihu, ^cEleazar, and Ithamar.

24 And ^athe sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.

25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and ^ashe bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their ^aarmies.”

27 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, ^ato bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.

Aaron Is Moses’s Spokesman

28 And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. ^aSpeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

30 But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, ^aI am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah 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.

Amplified® Bible
THEN THE Lord said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for [compelled] by a strong hand he will [not only] let them go, but he will drive them out of his land with a strong hand.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God told Moses: Soon you will see what I will do to the king. Because of my mighty power, he will let my people go, and he will even chase them out of his country.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said to 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.

Good News Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you are going to see what I will do to the king. I will force him to let my people go. In fact, I will force him to drive them out of his land."

King James Version
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."

New International Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."

Revised Standard Version
But the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, yea, with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land."

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Now dost thou see that which I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he doth send them away, yea, with a strong hand he doth cast them out of his land.'

New English Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh,¹ for compelled by my strong hand² he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”³

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