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15 And the officers of the children of Israel 6 Therefore say to the children of lsrael: I
came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why am the Lord who will bring you out from the
dealest thou so with thy servants? work-prison of the Egyptians, and will deliver
16 Straw is not given us, and bricks are re- you from bondage: and redeem you with a high
quired of us as before; behold we, thy servants, arm, and great judgments.
are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly 7 And I will take you to myself for my people,
dealt withal. I will be your God: and you shall know that I am
17 And he said: You are idle, and therefore the Lord your God, who brought you out from
you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. the work-prison of the Egyptians:
19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw 8 And brought you into the land, concerning
that they were in evil case, because it was said which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abra-
to them: There shall not a whit be diminished ham, Isaac, and Jacob: and I will give it you to
of the bricks for every day. possess: I am the Lord.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood 9 And Moses told all this to the children of
over against them as they came out from Pharao: Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for an-
21 And they said to them: The Lord see and guish of spirit, and most painful work.
judge, because you have, made our savour to 10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
stink before Pharao and his servants, and you 11 Go in, and speak to Pharao king of Egypt,
have given him a sword, to kill us. that he let the children of Israel go out of his
22 And Moses returned to the Lord, and land.
said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? 12 Moses answered before the Lord: Behold
wherefore hast thou sent me? the children of Israel do not hearken to me: and
23 For since the time that I went in to Pharao how will Pharao hear me, especially as I am of
to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy peo- uncircumcised lips?
ple: and thou hast not delivered them. 13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
and he gave them a charge unto the children of
Israel, and unto Pharao the king of Egypt, that
Chapter 6 they should bring forth the children of Israel out
of the land of Egypt.
2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: I am 14 These are the heads of their houses by their
the Lord families. The sons of Ruben the firstborn of Is-
3 That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to rael: Henoch and Phallu, Hesron and Charmi.
Jacob, by the name of God Almighty: and my 15 These are the kindreds of Ruben. The sons
name ADONAI I did not shew them. of Simeon, Jamuel and Jamin, and Ahod, and
4 And I made a covenant with them, to give Jachin, and Soar, and Saul the son of a Chanaan-
them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pil- itess: these are the families of Simeon.
grimage wherein they were strangers. 16 And these are the names of the sons of
5 I have heard the groaning of the children of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and
Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a
them: and I have remembered my covenant. hundred and thirty- seven.