Tree of Life Version
Exodus 6:2
2God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am Adonai.
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
1Adonai said to Moses, “Now you will see what I am going to do to Pharaoh. By way of a strong hand he will let them go, and drive them out of his land.” God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am Adonai. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, as El Shaddai. Yet by My Name, Adonai, I made Myself known to them. 4I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage where they journeyed.
Read all of Exodus 6Exodus 6:2 word by word
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 6:2
- Exodus 6:6Therefore say to Bnei-Yisrael: I am Adonai, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
- Exodus 14:18Then the Egyptians will know that I am Adonai, when I have been glorified over Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
- Exodus 17:1All the congregation of Bnei-Yisrael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin in stages, according to the command of Adonai, and camped in Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 20:2“I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Genesis 15:7Then He said to him, “I am Adonai who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans, in order to give you this land to inherit it.”
- Isaiah 42:8“I am Adonai—that is My Name! My glory I will not give to another, Or My praise to graven images.
- Isaiah 43:11“I, I am Adonai— and there is no savior beside Me.
- Isaiah 44:6Thus says Adonai, Israel’s King and his Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am the first, and the last, and there is no God beside Me.
- Jeremiah 9:24“Days are soon coming,” declares Adonai, “when I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—
- Malachi 3:6“For I am Adonai. I do not change, So you, children of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Acts 17:24The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live 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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