Exodus 6:4

Exodus 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
• New International Version (NIV)I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Exodus 6:4

2And God said to Moses, ‘I am the Lord. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I showed them that I am God Almighty. But I did not let them know me by my special name, the Lord. I also made my covenant with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreign people. 5I have heard the Israelites when they cry in pain. I know that the Egyptians have caused the Israelites to be their slaves. Now I have thought about my covenant. 6So you must say this to the Israelites: “I am the Lord. I will remove you from the power of the Egyptians. You will not have to do hard work to serve them as their slaves any more. I will use my strength to save you and I will punish the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:4 word by word

וְגַ֨ם הֲקִמֹ֤תִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתָּ֔ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֵ֛ת אֶ֥רֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־גָּ֥רוּ בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I have also establishedקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with them, to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• of their pilgrimageמָגוֹרmâgûr mâgûr · sojourningH4033
• wherein they were strangersגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481

Cross-references for Exodus 6:4

• Genesis 6:18But I will make a covenant with you, Noah. You will go into the ship. You will take your wife with you, and also your three sons and their wives.
• Genesis 15:18On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram. The Lord promised, ‘I give this land to your descendants. The land starts from the river of Egypt and continues as far as the River Euphrates.
• Genesis 17:7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants.
• Genesis 28:4May God bless you and your descendants with the good things that he promised to Abraham. The land that he promised to give to Abraham will then belong to you. That is the land where you now live as a foreign person.’
• 2 Samuel 23:5That is how God will bless my descendants. He has made a promise to me that will continue for ever. It is a strong promise that will never change. I know that he will always help me. He will do for me everything that I hope for.
• Isaiah 55:3Come to me and listen carefully. If you accept my teaching, you will have real life! Then I will make a covenant with you, to be my people. My promise will continue for ever, like the promise that I made to King David.
• Genesis 15:13Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Be sure of this: Your descendants will live in a foreign country. They will be strangers there. People will do bad things to them and they will become slaves. This will continue for 400 years.
• Genesis 17:8You are now living here in Canaan as a foreign person. But I will give all of this land to you and to your descendants. It will belong to them for ever. I will be their God.’
• Genesis 23:4‘I am living as a stranger among you. Please, sell me some land here, so that it belongs to me. Then I can use it to bury my wife properly.’
• Genesis 26:3Stay in this land, and I will be with you. I will bless you. I will give these lands to you and your descendants. I made a strong promise to your father Abraham. I will make that promise become true.
• Psalms 105:12At one time, God's people were only a few. They lived in Canaan as strangers.
• Acts 7:5At that time, God did not give Abraham any part of Canaan for his own family. He did not give Abraham even a very small piece of ground. But God made a promise to Abraham. He said, “This land will become your own country. It will also be your descendants' country.” When God said this to him, Abraham did not yet have any children.

Commentaries on Exodus 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I have also established my covenant - I have now fully purposed to give present effect to all my engagements with your fathers, in behalf of their posterity.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8Once again, God clearly connected his present action with the promises he made to the patriarchs (Abraham and his family). God works in history in ways that show his faithfulness. He makes promises, and he keeps them. God also planned to reveal more about himself than he had revealed to the patriarchs. This new generation would understand more about who he is and what he intends to do. They would especially learn more about the meaning and demands of the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. the Lord said unto Moses--The Lord, who is long-suffering and indulgent to the errors and infirmities of His people, made allowance for the mortification of Moses as the result of this first interview and cheered him with the assurance of a speedy and successful termination to his embassy.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 6:4

• Covenant
• God
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• Anguish
• Groaning
• Rid
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy
• Genesis
• God

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