5. Now I have seen how the people of Israel are suffering because of the Egyptians, and I will keep my promise.
6. Here is my message for Israel: “I am the Lord! And with my mighty power I will punish the Egyptians and free you from slavery.
7. I will accept you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I was the one who rescued you from the Egyptians.
8. I will bring you into the land that I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it will be yours. I am the Lord!”
9. When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and ill-treated to believe him.
10. Then the Lord told Moses
11. to demand that the king of Egypt let the Israelites leave.
12. But Moses replied, “I'm not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won't listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?”
13. But the Lord sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the Israelites and for the king; he also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.
14. The following men were the heads of their ancestral clans:The sons of Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
15. The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
16. Levi lived to be one hundred and thirty-seven; his sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
17. Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
18. Kohath lived to be one hundred and thirty-three; his sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19. Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. All of the above were from the Levi tribe.
20. Amram lived to be one hundred and thirty-seven. He married his father's sister Jochebed, and they had two sons, Aaron and Moses.
21. Izhar's sons were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
22. Uzziel's sons were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.