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Exodus 6:2
Exodus 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.
Context of Exodus 6:2
1And Jehovah said to Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah. 3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as the Almighty God; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them. 4And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners.
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וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 6:2
- Exodus 6:6Therefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their service, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments.
- Exodus 14:18And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have glorified myself in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen.
- Exodus 17:1And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 20:2I am Jehovah thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Genesis 15:7And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.
- Isaiah 42:8I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- Isaiah 43:11I, I [am] Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
- Isaiah 44:6Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, and beside me there is no God.
- Jeremiah 9:24but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
- Malachi 3:6For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Acts 17:24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
Commentaries on Exodus 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I am the Lord - It should be, I am Jehovah, and without this the reason of what is said in the 3d verse is not sufficiently obvious.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2There appears to have been an interval of some months between the preceding events and this renewal of the promise to Moses. The oppression in the meantime was not merely driving the people to desperation, but preparing them by severe labor, varied by hasty wanderings in search of stubble, for the exertions and privations of the wilderness. Hence, the formal and solemn character of the announcements in the whole chapter. Exodus 6:2 I am the Lord - The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3I am the LORD … God Almighty: Here, the Hebrew El-Shaddai is translated “God Almighty.” God was emphasizing that he was revealing himself in a new way. The patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) knew him especially as God Almighty. Now he was making his name Yahweh (LORD) known more fully to Moses and the Israelites. The point is not that the name Yahweh was completely unknown before. Rather, God was now showing more clearly what that name means through…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And God spake unto Moses--For his further encouragement, there was made to him an emphatic repetition of the promise (Ex 3:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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