3. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They called me God All-Powerful. They did not know my name, the Lord.
4. I made an agreement with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.
5. Now, I have heard their painful cries. I know that they are slaves in Egypt. And I remember my agreement.
6. So tell the Israelites that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will save you. You will no longer be slaves of the Egyptians. I will use my great power to make you free, and I will bring terrible punishment to the Egyptians.
7. You will be my people and I will be your God. I am the Lord your God, and you will know that I made you free from Egypt.
8. I made a great promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give them a special land. So I will lead you to that land. I will give you that land. It will be yours. I am the Lord.’”
9. So Moses told this to the Israelites, but the people would not listen to him. They were working so hard that they were not patient with Moses.
10. Then the Lord said to Moses,
11. “Go tell Pharaoh that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”
12. But Moses answered, “Lord, the Israelites refuse to listen to me. So surely Pharaoh will also refuse to listen. I am a very bad speaker.”
13. But the Lord talked with Moses and Aaron and commanded them to go and talk to the Israelites and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. He commanded them to lead the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
14. These are the names of the leaders of the families of Israel: Israel’s first son, Reuben, had four sons. They were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
15. Simeon’s sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul was the son from a Canaanite woman).
16. Levi lived 137 years. His sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
17. Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei.
18. Kohath lived 133 years. His sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19. Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi. All these families were from Israel’s son Levi.
20. Amram lived 137 years. He married his father’s sister, Jochebed. Amram and Jochebed gave birth to Aaron and Moses.
21. Izhar’s sons were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.