8 I will bring you into the land that I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it will be yours. I am the Lord!”
9 When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and ill-treated to believe him.
10 Then the Lord told Moses
11 to demand that the king of Egypt let the Israelites leave.
12 But Moses replied, “I'm not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won't listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?”
13 But the Lord sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the Israelites and for the king; he also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.
14 The following men were the heads of their ancestral clans:The sons of Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.