Exodus 6 | BSB Bible Study

Exodus 6:1 (BSB)
But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Exodus 6:2 (BSB)
God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.

Exodus 6:3 (BSB)
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

Exodus 6:4 (BSB)
I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

Exodus 6:5 (BSB)
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.

Exodus 6:6 (BSB)
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Exodus 6:7 (BSB)
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:8 (BSB)
And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

Exodus 6:9 (BSB)
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

Exodus 6:10 (BSB)
So the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 6:11 (BSB)
“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”

Exodus 6:12 (BSB)
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

Exodus 6:13 (BSB)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 6:14 (BSB)
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

Exodus 6:15 (BSB)
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

Exodus 6:16 (BSB)
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:17 (BSB)
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Exodus 6:18 (BSB)
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Exodus 6:19 (BSB)
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

Exodus 6:20 (BSB)
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:21 (BSB)
The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

Exodus 6:22 (BSB)
The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

Exodus 6:23 (BSB)
And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:24 (BSB)
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.

Exodus 6:25 (BSB)
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

Exodus 6:26 (BSB)
It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

Exodus 6:27 (BSB)
Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

Exodus 6:28 (BSB)
Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,

Exodus 6:29 (BSB)
He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

Exodus 6:30 (BSB)
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

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