rwbs - Exodus:4:18-6:12

rwbs@Exodus:4:18 @ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. (note:)Jethro: Hebrews. Jether(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:4:19 @ And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

rwbs@Exodus:4:20 @ And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

rwbs@Exodus:4:21 @ And the LORD said to Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou perform all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

rwbs@Exodus:4:22 @ And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel my son, my firstborn:

rwbs@Exodus:4:23 @ And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou shalt refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.

rwbs@Exodus:4:24 @ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

rwbs@Exodus:4:25 @ Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband thou to me. (note:)sharp…: or, knife(:note)cast…: Hebrews. made it touch

rwbs@Exodus:4:26 @ So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband, because of the circumcision.

rwbs@Exodus:4:27 @ And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

rwbs@Exodus:4:28 @ And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

rwbs@Exodus:4:29 @ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

rwbs@Exodus:4:30 @ And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and performed the signs in the sight of the people.

rwbs@Exodus:4:31 @ And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

rwbs@Exodus:5:1 @ And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.

rwbs@Exodus:5:2 @ And Pharaoh said, Who the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

rwbs@Exodus:5:3 @ And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

rwbs@Exodus:5:4 @ And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? go to your burdens.

rwbs@Exodus:5:5 @ And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

rwbs@Exodus:5:6 @ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

rwbs@Exodus:5:7 @ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

rwbs@Exodus:5:8 @ And the number of the bricks, which they made before, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish of it: for they idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go sacrifice to our God.

rwbs@Exodus:5:9 @ Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour in it; and let them not regard vain words. (note:)Let there…: Hebrews. Let the work be heavy upon the men(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:5:10 @ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

rwbs@Exodus:5:11 @ Go ye, get for yourselves straw where ye can find it: yet not any of your work shall be diminished.

rwbs@Exodus:5:12 @ So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

rwbs@Exodus:5:13 @ And the taskmasters hastened, saying, Fulfil your works, daily tasks, as when there was straw. (note:)your daily…: Hebrews. a matter of a day in his day(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:5:14 @ And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as before?

rwbs@Exodus:5:15 @ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?

rwbs@Exodus:5:16 @ There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants beaten; but the fault in thy own people.

rwbs@Exodus:5:17 @ But he said, Ye idle, idle: therefore ye say, Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.

rwbs@Exodus:5:18 @ Go therefore now, work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

rwbs@Exodus:5:19 @ And the officers of the children of Israel saw they in trouble, after it was said, Ye shall not diminish of your bricks of your daily task.

rwbs@Exodus:5:20 @ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

rwbs@Exodus:5:21 @ And they said to them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to slay us. (note:)to be…: Hebrews. to stink(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:5:22 @ And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Lord, why hast thou oppressed this people? why it thou hast sent me?

rwbs@Exodus:5:23 @ For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. (note:)neither…: Hebrews. delivering thou hast not delivered(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:6:1 @ Then the LORD said to Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them from his land.

rwbs@Exodus:6:2 @ And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I the LORD: (note:)the LORD: or, JEHOVAH(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:6:3 @ And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

rwbs@Exodus:6:4 @ And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.

rwbs@Exodus:6:5 @ And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

rwbs@Exodus:6:6 @ Therefore say to the children of Israel, I the LORD, and I will bring you from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

rwbs@Exodus:6:7 @ And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I the LORD your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

rwbs@Exodus:6:8 @ And I will bring you into the land, concerning which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for an heritage: I the LORD. (note:)swear: Hebrews. lift up my hand(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:6:9 @ And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they hearkened not to Moses by reason of anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage. (note:)anguish: Hebrews. shortness, or, straitness(:note)

rwbs@Exodus:6:10 @ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

rwbs@Exodus:6:11 @ Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel depart from his land.

rwbs@Exodus:6:12 @ And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who of uncircumcised lips?