Exodus 5-8

Exodus 5

¹And afterwards have Moses and Aaron entered, and they say unto Pharaoh, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Send My people away, and they keep a feast to Me in the wilderness;'

²and Pharaoh saith, ‘Who is Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

³And they say, ‘The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.'

⁴And the king of Egypt saith unto them, ‘Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'

⁵Pharaoh also saith, ‘Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

⁶And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

⁷‘Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;

⁸and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;

⁹let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'

¹⁰And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, ‘Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,

¹¹ye -- go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find it, for there is nothing of your service diminished.'

¹²And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

¹³and the exactors are making haste, saying, ‘Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

¹⁴And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, ‘Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?'

¹⁵And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, ‘Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

¹⁶Straw is not given to thy servants, and they are saying to us, Make bricks, and lo, thy servants are smitten -- and thy people hath sinned.'

¹⁷And he saith, ‘Remiss -- ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;

¹⁸and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

¹⁹And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, ‘Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'

²⁰And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,

²¹and say unto them, ‘Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'

²²And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why is this? -- Thou hast sent me!

²³and since I have come unto Pharaoh, to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this people, and Thou hast not at all delivered Thy people.'

Exodus 6

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Now dost thou see that which I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he doth send them away, yea, with a strong hand he doth cast them out of his land.'

²And God speaketh unto Moses, and saith unto him, ‘I am Jehovah,

³and I appear unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; as to My name Jehovah, I have not been known to them;

⁴and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

⁵and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.

⁶‘Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I have brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and have delivered you from their service, and have redeemed you by a stretched-out arm, and by great judgments,

⁷and have taken you to Me for a people, and I have been to you for God, and ye have known that I am Jehovah your God, who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians;

⁸and I have brought you in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and have given it to you -- a possession; I am Jehovah.'

⁹And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

¹⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹¹‘Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he doth send the sons of Israel out of his land;

¹²and Moses speaketh before Jehovah, saying, ‘Lo, the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, and how doth Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?'

¹³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and chargeth them for the sons of Israel, and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt.

¹⁴These are heads of the house of their fathers: Sons of Reuben first-born of Israel are Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are families of Reuben.

¹⁵And sons of Simeon are Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess: these are families of Simeon.

¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi are a hundred and thirty and seven years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon are Libni, and Shimi, as to their families.

¹⁸And the sons of Kohath are Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath are a hundred and thirty and three years.

¹⁹And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi: these are families of Levi, as to their births.

²⁰And Amram taketh Jochebed his aunt to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram are a hundred and thirty and seven years.

²¹And sons of Izhar are Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

²²And sons of Uzziel are Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³And Aaron taketh Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁴And sons of Korah are Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are families of the Korhite.

²⁵And Eleazar, Aaron's son, hath taken to him one of the daughters of Putiel for a wife to himself, and she beareth to him Phinehas: these are heads of the fathers of the Levites, as to their families.

²⁶This is Aaron -- and Moses -- to whom Jehovah said, ‘Bring ye out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts;'

²⁷these are they who are speaking unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt, this is Moses -- and Aaron.

²⁸And it cometh to pass in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ‘I am Jehovah, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking unto thee.'

³⁰And Moses saith before Jehovah, ‘Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

Exodus 7

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;

²thou -- thou dost speak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother doth speak unto Pharaoh, and he hath sent the sons of Israel out of his land.

³‘And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,

⁴and Pharaoh doth not hearken, and I have put My hand on Egypt, and have brought out My hosts, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments;

⁵and the Egyptians have known that I am Jehovah, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.'

⁶And Moses doth -- Aaron also -- as Jehovah commanded them; so have they done;

⁷and Moses is a son of eighty years, and Aaron is a son of eighty and three years, in their speaking unto Pharaoh.

⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

⁹‘When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh -- it becometh a monster.'

¹⁰And Moses goeth in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they do so as Jehovah hath commanded; and Aaron casteth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it becometh a monster.

¹¹And Pharaoh also calleth for wise men, and for sorcerers; and the scribes of Egypt, they also, with their flashings, do so,

¹²and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;

¹³and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;

¹⁵go unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he is going out to the water, and thou hast stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent thou dost take in thy hand,

¹⁶and thou hast said unto him: Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Send My people away, and they serve Me in the wilderness; and lo, thou hast not hearkened hitherto.

¹⁷‘Thus said Jehovah: By this thou knowest that I am Jehovah; lo, I am smiting with the rod which is in my hand, on the waters which are in the River, and they have been turned to blood,

¹⁸and the fish that are in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.'

¹⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood -- and there hath been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in those of stone.'

²⁰And Moses and Aaron do so, as Jehovah hath commanded, and he lifteth up his hand with the rod, and smiteth the waters which are in the River, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters which are in the River are turned to blood,

²¹and the fish which is in the River hath died, and the River stinketh, and the Egyptians have not been able to drink water from the River; and the blood is in all the land of Egypt.

²²And the scribes of Egypt do so with their flashings, and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken,

²³and Pharaoh turneth and goeth in unto his house, and hath not set his heart even to this;

²⁴and all the Egyptians seek water round about the river to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River.

²⁵And seven days are completed after Jehovah's smiting the River,

Exodus 8

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

²and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs;

³and the River hath teemed with frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs;

⁴yea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.'

⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand, with thy rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.'

⁶And Aaron stretcheth out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog cometh up, and covereth the land of Egypt;

⁷and the scribes do so with their flashings, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.

⁸And Pharaoh calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, ‘Make supplication unto Jehovah, that he turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to Jehovah.'

⁹And Moses saith to Pharaoh, ‘Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?'

¹⁰and he saith, ‘To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word it is, so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,

¹¹and the frogs have turned aside from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the River they do remain.'

¹²And Moses -- Aaron also -- goeth out from Pharaoh, and Moses crieth unto Jehovah, concerning the matter of the frogs which He hath set on Pharaoh;

¹³and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and the frogs die out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields,

¹⁴and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.

¹⁵And Pharaoh seeth that there hath been a respite, and he hath hardened his heart, and hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

¹⁶And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, and it hath become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'

¹⁷And they do so, and Aaron stretcheth out his hand with his rod, and smiteth the dust of the land, and the gnats are on man and on beast; all the dust of the land hath been gnats in all the land of Egypt.

¹⁸And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;

¹⁹and the scribes say unto Pharaoh, ‘It is the finger of God;' and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

²⁰And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo, he is going out to the waters, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

²¹for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.

²²‘And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I am Jehovah in the midst of the land,

²³and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.'

²⁴And Jehovah doth so, and the grievous beetle entereth the house of Pharaoh, and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land is corrupted from the presence of the beetle.

²⁵And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and to Aaron, and saith, ‘Go, sacrifice to your God in the land;'

²⁶and Moses saith, ‘Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes -- and they do not stone us!

²⁷A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

²⁸And Pharaoh saith, ‘I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;'

²⁹and Moses saith, ‘Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

³⁰And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah,

³¹and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- there hath not been left one;

³²and Pharaoh hardeneth his heart also at this time, and hath not sent the people away.