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.
23. Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon; they had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24. Korah's sons were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
25. Aaron's son Eleazar married one of Putiel's daughters, and their son was Phinehas. This ends the list of those who were the heads of clans in the Levi tribe.
26. The Lord had commanded Aaron and Moses to lead every family and tribe of Israel out of Egypt,
27. and so they ordered the king of Egypt to set the people of Israel free.