Exodus · Chapter 6

[ edit] And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Now þow ſhalt ſeen, what þingis Y am to do to Pharao; forſoþe bi a ſtrong hoond he ſhal leeue hem, and in a myȝti hoond he ſhal þrowe hem out of his loond. And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Y þe Lord, þat aperyde to Abraham, and to Yſaac, and to Jacob in þe God Almyȝti; and my name Adonay Y ſhewyde not to hem; and I couenauntide a boond of pees wiþ hem, þat Y ſhulde ȝyue hem þe loond of Chanaan, þe loond of her pilgrimage, in þe which þei weren comlyngys. Y haue herd þe weylyng of þe children of Yrael, in þe which þe Egipciens han oppreſſid hem, and Y haue recordide of my couenaunte.

Þerfore ſey to þe ſones of Yrael, Y þe Lord, þat ſhal lede ȝow out of þe traueilous priſoun of Egipciens; and delyuere fro ſeruage; and forbigge in an ouerpaſſyng arm, and in greet domes; and Y ſhal tak ȝow to me into a puple, and Y ſhal be ȝoure Lord; and ȝe ſhulen knowe, þat Y am þe Lord ȝoure God, þat haþ ladde ȝow out fro þe traueylows priſoun of Egipciens, and brouȝte ȝow into þe loond, vpon þe which Y haue lift up myn hoond, þat Y ȝyue it to Abraham, Yſaac, and Jacob, and Y ſhal ȝyue it to be had to ȝow; I a Lord. Þanne Moyſes tolde alle þes þingis to þe ſones of Yrael, þe whiche aſſentiden not to hym for þe angwiſch of ſpyryt, and þe mooſt hard werk.

And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Goo yn, and ſpek to Pharao, þe kyng of Egipte, þat he leeue þe ſones of Yrael from his loond. Moyſes anſwerde before þe Lord, Loo! þe ſones of Yrael heren me not, and what manere ſhal Pharao here, namelich ſiþ Y am vncircumcidid in lippes? And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes and Aaron, and ȝaf a maundement to þe ſones of Yrael, and to Pharao, þe kyng of Egipte, þat þei leden þe ſones of Yrael out of þe loond of Egipte. Þes be þe princis of þe houſholdis bi her meyneſe. Þe ſones of Ruben, þe firſt goten of Yrael, Enoch, and Fallu, Eſrom, and Carmy; þes þe cognaciouns of Ruben.

Þe ſones of Symeon, Jamuel, and Jamyn, and Adod, and Jachym, and Soer, and Saul, þe ſone of Chananytidis; þes þe progenyes of Symeon. And þes þe names of þe ſones of Leuy bi her cognaciouns, Gerſon, and Caaþ, and Merary. Forſoþe þe ȝeres of þe lijf of Leuy weren an hundred and ſeuen and þretti. Þe ſones of Gerſon, Lobny and Semei, by her cognaciouns. Þe ſones of Caaþ, Amram, and Yſuar, and Ebron, and Oziel; þe ȝeris forſoþe of þe lijf of Caaþ an hundryd and ſix and þretti. Þe ſones of Merary, Mooly and Muſi. Þes þe cognaciouns of Leuy bi her meyneſe.

Amram forſoþe tok a wijf, Jochabed, þe douȝter of þe broþer to hys fader, þe which bar to hym Aaron, and Moyſen, and Mary; and þe ȝeris of þe lijf of Amram weren an hundryd and ſeuen and þretti. And þe ſones of Yſuar, Chore, and Naphes, and Zeþry. Þe ſones forſoþe of Oziel, Myſael, and Elizaphan, and Seþri. Aaron forſoþe tok a wijf, Elizabeþ, þe dowȝter of Amynadab, þe ſiſter of Naaſon, þe which bar to hym Nadab, and Abyut, and Aleazar, and Yþamar. Þe ſones forſoþe of Chore, Aſer, and Elchana, and Abiaſab; þes ben þe cognaciouns of Chorytis. And forſoþe Eliazar, þe ſone of Aaron, tok a wijf of þe dowȝtris of Phatiel, þe which bar to hym Phynees.

Þes ben þe princis of þe Leuytis meyneſe bi her cognaciouns. Þis is Aaron and Moyſes, to whom þe Lord comaundide, þat þei ſhulden lede þe ſones of Yrael out of þe loond of Egipte be her companyes; þes ben þat ſpeken to Pharao, þe kyng of Egipte, þat þei leden þe ſones of Yrael out of Egipte; þis is Moyſes and Aaron, in þe day þat þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes in þe loond of Egipte. And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Y þe Lord; ſpek to Pharao, kyng of Egipte, alle þingis þat Y ſpeke to þee. And Moyſes ſeiþ bifore þe Lord, Loo! Y am vncircumcidid in lippys, what manere ſhulde Pharao here me?