1 God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH
9 Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites
10 He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh
14 The genealogy of Reuben, of Simeon, and of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron
26 The history resumed

now shalt Ex 14:13 Nu 23:23 De 32:39 2Ki 7:2,19 2Ch 20:17 Ps 12:5

with a strong Ex 3:19,20 De 4:34 Ps 89:13 136:12 Isa 63:12 Eze 20:33,34

drive them Ex 11:1 12:31,33,39

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

I am the Lord. or, Jehovah Ex 6:6,8 14:18 17:1 20:2 Ge 15:7 Isa 42:8 43:11,15 44:6 Jer 9:24 Mal 3:6 Ac 17:24,25

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

God Almighty. El shadday, God Almighty; for shadday is evidently of affinity with the Arabic shadid, strong, mighty, and shiddat, strength, might; Ge 17:1 28:3 35:11 48:3

but by my name. If Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, did not know the name Jehovah, then Moses must have used it in Genesis by prolepsis, or anticipation. Mr. Locke and others read it interrogatively, for the negative particle, lo, not, has frequently this power in Hebrew: 'I appeared unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, and by my name Jehovah was I not also made known unto them?' JEHOVAH Ex 3:14 Ge 12:7,8 13:18 22:14 Ps 68:4 83:18 Isa 42:8 44:6 52:5,6 Joh 8:58 Re 1:4

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

established Ge 6:18 15:18 17:7,8,13 28:4 2Sa 23:5 Isa 55:3

the land of their Ge 15:13 17:8 23:4 26:3 Ps 105:12 Ac 7:5

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

the groaning Ex 2:24 3:7 Ps 106:44 Isa 63:9

I have remembered Ex 2:24 Ge 8:1 9:15 Ps 105:8 106:45 Lu 1:54,72

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

I am the Lord Ex 6:2,8,29 Eze 20:7-9

I will bring Ex 3:17 7:4 De 26:8 Ps 81:6 136:11,12

redeem Ex 15:13 De 4:23 7:8 15:15 2Ki 17:36 1Ch 17:21 Ne 1:10 Isa 9:12,17,21

7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

will take Ex 19:5,6 Ge 17:7,8 De 4:20 7:6 14:2 26:18 2Sa 7:23,24 Jer 31:33 Ho 1:10 1Pe 2:10

I will be Ex 29:45,46 De 29:13 Zec 13:9 Mt 22:32 Ro 8:31 Heb 11:16 Re 21:3,7

from under Ex 5:4,5 Ps 81:6

8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

swear. Heb. lift up my hand. The ancient mode of appealing to God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a form of swearing. Hence yamin, in Hebrew the right hand, is in Arabic an oath, and as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom prevailed among the heathens. Ge 14:22 De 32:40 Eze 20:5,6,16,23,28,42 36:7 47:14

to give Ex 32:13 Ge 15:18 22:16,17 26:3 28:13 35:12

I am Ex 6:2 Nu 23:19 1Sa 15:29

9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

hearkened Ex 5:21 14:12 Job 21:4 Pr 14:19

anguish. Heb. shortness. or, straitness Nu 21:4

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

no reference

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Ex 6:29 3:10 5:1,23 7:1

12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

children Ex 6:9 3:13 4:29-31 5:19-21

am. The italics shew that this word has been supplied by our translators; hence it may be inferred by some that Moses was uncircumcised. The difficulty is in some measure cleared away, by using the word uncircumcised in the sense of unsuitable or incapacitated, which agrees with ch 4:10 where Moses complains of want of eloquence; but by substituting is for am in this place, the connection with the former part of the verse is preserved; 'For if the chosen seed, the circumcised sons of Jacob, refuse to hear me,' as though Moses had said, 'how can I expect to make uncircumcised Pharaoh pay attention to me?' Ex 6:30 4:10 Le 26:41 De 30:6 Isa 6:5 Jer 1:6 6:10 9:26 Ac 7:51

13 And the LORD spake 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.

Nu 27:19,23 De 31:14 Ps 91:11 Mt 4:6 1Ti 1:18 5:21 6:13,17 2Ti 2:4 4:1

14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

the heads Ex 6:25 Jos 14:1 19:51 1Ch 5:24 7:2,7 8:6

the sons Ge 46:9 49:3,4 Nu 26:5,6 1Ch 5:3

these be Nu 26:7 Jos 13:15,23

15 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.

sons. Nemuel. Jarib. Zerah Ge 46:10 Nu 26:12,13 1Ch 4:24

16 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 an hundred thirty and seven years.

sons Ge 46:11 Nu 3:17 1Ch 6:1,16

Kohath Nu 26:57 1Ch 23:6

an hundred Ex 6:18,20 Ge 35:28 47:28 50:26

17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

Ge 46:11 Nu 3:18 1Ch 6:17 23:7

18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

sons. Izehar Nu 3:19 26:57 1Ch 6:2,18

and the years Ex 6:16

19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

Nu 3:20 1Ch 6:19 23:21

20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Amram Ex 2:1,2 Nu 26:59

and the years. The Samaritan, LXX. Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, And Miriam their sister;' which some of the best critics suppose to have been originally in the text Ex 6:16,18

21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

Korah Ex 6:24 Nu 16:1,32 26:10,11 1Ch 6:37,38

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

Le 10:4 Ne 3:20

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Elisheba Lu 1:5

Amminadab Nu 1:7 2:3 Ru 4:19,20 1Ch 2:10 Mt 1:4

Nadab Ex 24:1,9 Le 10:1,2 Nu 3:2-4 20:24 26:60,61 1Ch 6:3 24:1,2

24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

Korah Ex 6:21 Nu 16:1,32 26:9-11 1Ch 6:22,33,37,38 Ps 84:1 85:1

Elkanah 1Sa 1:1 1Ch 6:23,27,28

25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

Phinehas Nu 25:7-13 31:6 Jos 22:13,31,32 24:33 Jud 20:28 Ps 106:30,31

the heads Ex 6:14

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

That Aaron Ex 6:13,20 Jos 24:5 1Sa 12:6,8 1Ch 6:3 Ps 77:20 99:6 Mic 6:4

bring Ex 6:7 3:10,11 20:2 32:1,7,11 Ac 7:35,36

armies Ex 7:4 12:17,51 13:18 Ge 2:1 Nu 33:1

27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

spake Ex 5:1-3 7:10

to bring Ex 6:13 26:1 32:7 33:1 Ps 77:20 Mic 6:4

28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

no reference

29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

I am the Ex 6:2,6,8

speak Ex 6:11 7:2 Jer 1:7,8,17-19 23:28 26:2 Eze 2:6,7 3:11,17 Mt 28:20 Ac 20:27

30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

uncircumcised Ex 6:12 4:10 1Co 9:16,17