Exodus 6:14

These be the heads - ראשי rashey , the chiefs or captains. The following genealogy was simply intended to show that Moses and Aaron came in a direct line from Abraham, and to ascertain the time of Israel's deliverance. The whole account from Exodus 6:14-26 ; inclusive, is a sort of parenthesis, and does not belong to the narration; and what follows from Exodus 6:28 ; is a recapitulation of what was spoken in the preceding chapters.