Exodus 6:1-11

1 dixit Dominus ad Mosen nunc videbis quae facturus sum Pharaoni per manum enim fortem dimittet eos et in manu robusta eiciet illos de terra sua

2 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens ego Dominus

3 qui apparui Abraham Isaac et Iacob in Deo omnipotente et nomen meum Adonai non indicavi eis

4 pepigique cum eis foedus ut darem illis terram Chanaan terram peregrinationis eorum in qua fuerunt advenae

5 ego audivi gemitum filiorum Israhel quo Aegyptii oppresserunt eos et recordatus sum pacti mei

6 ideo dic filiis Israhel ego Dominus qui educam vos de ergastulo Aegyptiorum et eruam de servitute ac redimam in brachio excelso et iudiciis magnis

7 et adsumam vos mihi in populum et ero vester Deus scietisque quod ego sim Dominus Deus vester qui eduxerim vos de ergastulo Aegyptiorum

8 et induxerim in terram super quam levavi manum meam ut darem eam Abraham Isaac et Iacob daboque illam vobis possidendam ego Dominus

9 narravit ergo Moses omnia filiis Israhel qui non adquieverunt ei propter angustiam spiritus et opus durissimum

10 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

11 ingredere et loquere ad Pharao regem Aegypti ut dimittat filios Israhel de terra sua

Exodus 6:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 6

The Lord encourages Moses to hope for success from his name Jehovah, and the covenant he had made with the fathers of his people, Ex 6:1-5, orders him to assure the children of Israel that he would deliver them from their bondage and burdens, and bring them into the land of Canaan; but through their distress and anguish they hearkened not to him, Ex 6:6-9 but Moses is sent again to Pharaoh to demand the dismission of Israel, to which he seems unwilling, and both he and Aaron are charged both to go to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh, Ex 6:10-13, next follows a genealogy of the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, which seems to be given for the sake of Moses and Aaron, and to show their descent, Ex 6:14-15, who were the persons appointed of God to be the instruments of bringing the children of Israel out of Egypt, Ex 6:26-30.