New American Standard Bible 1995
Exodus 3:6-19
6He saidH559 also, “1I am the GodH430 of your fatherH1, the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, the GodH430 of IsaacH3327, and the GodH430 of JacobH3290.” 2Then MosesH4872 hidH5641 his faceH6440, for he was 3afraidH3372 to lookH5027 at GodH430.
7The LordH3068 saidH559, “I have surelyH7200 4seenH7200 the afflictionH6040 of My peopleH5971 whoH834 are in EgyptH4714, and have givenH8085 heedH8085 to their cryH6818 becauseH4480H6440 of their taskmastersH5065, for I am awareH3045 of their sufferingsH4341. 8So I have comeH3381 downH3381 5to deliverH5337 them from the 6powerH3027 of the EgyptiansH4714, and to bringH5927 them up from that landH776 to a 7goodH2896 and spaciousH7342 landH776, to a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, to the placeH4725 of 8the CanaaniteH3669 and the HittiteH2850 and the AmoriteH567 and the PerizziteH6522 and the HiviteH2340 and the JebusiteH2983. 9NowH6258, beholdH2009, 9the cryH6818 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 has comeH935 to Me; furthermoreH1571, I have seenH7200 the oppressionH3906 with whichH834 the EgyptiansH4714 are oppressingH3905 them. 10Therefore, comeH1980 nowH6258, and I will sendH7971 you to PharaohH6547, 10so that you may bringH3318 My peopleH5971, the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, out of EgyptH4714.” 11But MosesH4872 saidH559 to GodH430, “11WhoH4310 am I, that I should goH1980 to PharaohH6547, and that I should bringH3318 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 out of EgyptH4714?” 12And He saidH559, “CertainlyH3588 12I will be with you, and thisH2088 shall be the signH226 to you that it is I who have sentH7971 you: 13when you have broughtH3318 the peopleH5971 out of EgyptH4714, 14you shall 15worshipH5647 GodH430 at thisH2088 mountainH2022.”
13Then MosesH4872 saidH559 to GodH430, “BeholdH2009, I am goingH935 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, and I will sayH559 to them, ‘The GodH430 of your fathersH1 has sentH7971 me to you.’ Now they may sayH559 to me, ‘WhatH4100 is His nameH8034?’ WhatH4100 shall I sayH559 to them?” 14GodH430 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “1617I AMH1961 WHOH834 18I AMH1961”; and He saidH559, “ThusH3541 you shall sayH559 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, ‘19I AMH1961 has sentH7971 me to you.’” 15GodH430, furthermoreH5750, saidH559 to MosesH4872, “ThusH3541 you shall sayH559 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, ‘20The LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, the GodH430 of IsaacH3327, and the GodH430 of JacobH3290, has sentH7971 me to you.’ ThisH2088 is My nameH8034 foreverH5769, and thisH2088 is My 21memorial-nameH2143 22to allH1755 generationsH1755. 16GoH1980 and 23gatherH622 the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 together and sayH559 to them, ‘24The LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327 and JacobH3290, has appearedH7200 to me, sayingH559, “2526I amH6485 indeedH6485 concernedH6485 about you and what has been doneH6213 to you in EgyptH4714. 17So 27I saidH559, I will bringH5927 you up out of the afflictionH6040 of EgyptH4714 to the landH776 of 28the CanaaniteH3669 and the HittiteH2850 and the AmoriteH567 and the PerizziteH6522 and the HiviteH2340 and the JebusiteH2983, to a landH776 29flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706.”’ 1830They will 31payH8085 heedH8085 to whatH6963 you sayH6963; and 32you with the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 will comeH935 to the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 and you will sayH559 to him, ‘The LordH3068, the GodH430 of the HebrewsH5680, has metH7136 with us. So nowH6258, pleaseH4994, let us goH1980 a 33threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 into the wildernessH4057, that we may sacrificeH2076 to the LordH3068 our GodH430.’ 19But I knowH3045 that the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 34will not permitH5414 you to goH1980, 35exceptH3808 36under compulsionH2389H3027.
Notes
- 1. Exodus 3:6 Gen 28:13; Ex 3:16; 4:5; Matt 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37 ↩
- 2. Exodus 3:6 Acts 7:32 ↩
- 3. Exodus 3:6 Judg 13:22; Rev 1:17 ↩
- 4. Exodus 3:7 Ex 2:25; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:44; Is 63:9; Acts 7:34 ↩
- 5. Exodus 3:8 Gen 15:13-16; 46:4; 50:24, 25; Ex 6:6-8; 12:51 ↩
- 6. Exodus 3:8 Lit hand ↩
- 7. Exodus 3:8 Ex 3:17; 13:5; Num 13:27; Deut 1:25; 8:7-9; Jer 11:5; Ezek 20:6 ↩
- 8. Exodus 3:8 Gen 15:19-21; Josh 24:11 ↩
- 9. Exodus 3:9 Ex 2:23 ↩
- 10. Exodus 3:10 Gen 15:13, 14; Ex 12:40, 41; Mic 6:4; Acts 7:6, 7 ↩
- 11. Exodus 3:11 Ex 4:10; 6:12; 1 Sam 18:18 ↩
- 12. Exodus 3:12 Gen 31:3; Ex 4:12, 15; 33:14-16; Deut 31:23; Josh 1:5; Is 43:2 ↩
- 13. Exodus 3:12 Ex 19:1 ↩
- 14. Exodus 3:12 Ex 19:2, 3; Acts 7:7 ↩
- 15. Exodus 3:12 Or serve ↩
- 16. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
- 17. Exodus 3:14 Ex 6:3; John 8:24, 28, 58; Heb 13:8; Rev 1:8; 4:8 ↩
- 18. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
- 19. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
- 20. Exodus 3:15 Ex 3:6, 13 ↩
- 21. Exodus 3:15 Ps 30:4; 97:12; 102:12; 135:13; Hos 12:5 ↩
- 22. Exodus 3:15 Lit to generation of generation ↩
- 23. Exodus 3:16 Ex 4:29 ↩
- 24. Exodus 3:16 Gen 28:13; 48:15; Ex 3:2, 6; 4:5 ↩
- 25. Exodus 3:16 Lit Visiting I have visited ↩
- 26. Exodus 3:16 Ex 4:31; Ps 33:18f ↩
- 27. Exodus 3:17 Gen 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24, 25 ↩
- 28. Exodus 3:17 Josh 24:11 ↩
- 29. Exodus 3:17 Ex 3:8 ↩
- 30. Exodus 3:18 Ex 4:31 ↩
- 31. Exodus 3:18 Lit hear your voice ↩
- 32. Exodus 3:18 Ex 5:1 ↩
- 33. Exodus 3:18 Ex 5:3; 8:27 ↩
- 34. Exodus 3:19 Ex 5:2 ↩
- 35. Exodus 3:19 Ex 6:1 ↩
- 36. Exodus 3:19 Lit by a strong hand ↩
Commentaries on Exodus 3
- 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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