Shemot 5
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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 "HaShem"* 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.
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- 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.
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- These are 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?'
* Special emphasis on the four letter name of G-d which is generally
forbidden to be to pronounced by Jews.