New American Standard Bible 2020
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
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.” God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord; 3and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. 4I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers.
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וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 6:2
- Exodus 6:6Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
- Exodus 14:18Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.”
- Exodus 17:1Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Genesis 15:7And He said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to idols.
- Isaiah 43:11I, only I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me.
- Isaiah 44:6“This is what the Lord says, He who is the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of armies: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.
- Jeremiah 9:24but let the one who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises mercy, justice, and righteousness on the earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord.
- Malachi 3:6“For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, the sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
- Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by 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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