Verse 12
Exodus 6:12
Bible in Basic English
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And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִ/פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔/י וְ/אֵיךְ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣/נִי פַרְעֹ֔ה וַ/אֲנִ֖י עֲרַ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽיִם
English Translation
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?"
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Chapter 6 Context
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And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand...
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And God (Elohim) said to Moses, I am Yahweh:
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I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God (Elohim), the Ruler of all; but they had n...
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And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.
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And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their...
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Say then to the children of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the...
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And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God (Elohim); and you will be certain that I...
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And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jac...
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And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of...
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land...
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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman...
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And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath an...
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The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.
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And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of Kohath's life were a...
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And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, in the order of thei...
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And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and th...
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And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
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And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
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And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave...
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And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.
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And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel; and she gave birth to Phi...
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These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the children of Israel out of the lan...
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These are the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of Egypt: these ar...
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And on the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses in the land of Egypt,
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The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.
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And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hear...
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