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Exodus 6:8

And I will bring you in unto the land concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage, for a permanent possession; I am the Lord. This, then, was the Lord's threefold promise: to deliver His people from the bondage of Egypt; formally to adopt them as His people; to bring them into Canaan, their future possession. Thus the Lord comforts His children in the midst of their afflictions with the promise of the everlasting deliverance, whereby His covenant, His Word, remains alive in their hearts.

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See also Exodus 6:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 6:8. _WHICH I DID SWEAR_] נשאתי את ידי _nasathi eth yadi, I_ _have lifted up my hand_. The usual mode of making an appeal to God, and hence considered to be a _form of swearing_. It is t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6:1-27 JEHOVAH'S ANSWERS AND THE GENEALOGY _ 1. Jehovah answers Moses (Exodus 6:1)_ 2. The Genealogy (Exodus 6:14) Moses' “wherefore” and “why,” his outburst of impatience, is graciously met...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    P'S SECOND ACCOUNT OF MOSES'S CALL. Till the method of Hebrew compilers was understood, it was natural to take this as the account of a second call. It is now seen to be the account of his call in the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SWEAR. Hebrew "I lifted up mine hand". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6. Act put for the thing accompanying it: rightly rendered "swear". The Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ is also...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 6 AND JE-HO-VAH SAID UNTO MO-SES, NOW SHALT THOU SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO PHA-RAOH: FOR BY A STRONG HAND SHALL HE LET THEM GO, AND BY A STRONG HAND SHALL HE DRIVE THEM OUT...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:8 swore (c-12) Lit. 'lifted up my hand.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RENEWAL OF THE PROMISE. GENEALOGIES OF REUBEN, SIMEON, AND LEVI 1. The STRONG HAND is the hand of Jehovah, not of Pharaoh. So RV renders, 'by a strong hand,' i.e. under the compelling force of Je...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 6 V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Now you will see what I will d...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL GIVE IT YOU FOR AN HERITAGE: I AM THE LORD. — Heb., I _will give it to you for an heritage, I Jehovah._ The whole is one sentence, and implies that, as being Immutable and Eternal, He would ass...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הֵבֵאתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VI. _ THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOSES._ Exodus 6:1. We have seen that the name Jehovah expresses not a philosophic meditation, but the most bracing and reassuring truth--viz., that an immutable a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD'S NAME CONFIRMS HIS PROMISES Exodus 6:2 The statement of Exodus 6:3 is at first sight, startling, because we remember several passages in Genesis where that sacred name appears. But this arises f...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here commences the section of Exodus devoted to the subject of national deliverance. Everything began with a solemn charge to Moses. It is first an answer to the complaint which God's servant had utte...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hand; swearing. (Chap. xiv. 22; 2 Esdras. ix. 15.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:3....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL BRING YOU IN UNTO THE LAND,.... The land of Canaan: CONCERNING THE WHICH I DID SWEAR; or lift up my hand a, which was a gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22 TO GIVE IT TO ABRAHAM, TO I...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 8. _And I will bri...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will take you to me for a people_ A peculiar people; and _I will be to you a God_ And more than this we need not ask, we cannot have, to make us happy. _I am the Lord_ And therefore have power to d...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God renueth his promise by his Name IEHOVAH. 14 The genealogie of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Leui, of whom came Moses and Aaron. 1 THEN the LORD said vnto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. THE SEEMINGLY MISCHIEVOUAS EFFECT OF THEIR DIVINE MESSAGE, AND THE DISCOURAGMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE MESSENGERS THEMSELVES. GOD REVERSES THIS EFFECT NU SOLEMNLY PR...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S FURTHER PATIENT PREPARATION (vs.1-13) The impatience of Moses and of the children of Israel could not hasten God to act out of impatience. He accomplished matters in His own wise way. He tells...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SWEAR: _ Heb._ lift up my hand...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to men, when we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves; when our whole dependence is placed on him, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    And therefore, have authority and power to dispose of lands and kingdoms as I please; and faithful to give you what I have promised....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The effect of the first appeal to Pharaoh seemed ought but encouraging. The thought of losing Israel made him clutch them with greater eagerness and watch them with greater vigilance. Whenever Satan's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 6:8 bring H935 (H8689) land H776 swore H5375 (H8804) H3027 give H5414 (H8800) Abraham...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH'S RESPONSE TO PHARAOH'S BEHAVIOUR AND PROMISE TO HIS PEOPLE (EXODUS 6:2). This promise is in the usual form of a chiasmus as follows: a God speaks to Moses (Exodus 6:2 a). b God says to Moses...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 6:8 Consider the meaning of our duty to God; the great truth that we have such a duty; and how it comes about that we have it. I. Duty is something which is due from one to another; something...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's answer to Moses' first prayer. Covenant renewed. Families of Israel. Moses' commission renewed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's opportunity...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 6:1. _With a strong hand._ In a general view we do not find that heaven has recourse to miracles, except when religion is low and greatly depressed, somewhat as a fire which is burnt down has n...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will bring you out._ THE GUARANTEE 1. God is able to deliver His people. 2. God is able to lead His people. 3. God is able to bring His people home. I. Redemption is possible, although the dif...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 6:3 God APPEARED to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (e.g., Genesis 17:1; Gen

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 6:1. Then the Lord] We can scarcely err in saying that this verse should go with chap 5; and, as furnishing the immediate answer of Jehovah to the complaint of Moses, it brings...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DEPRESSION OF MOSES, AND CONFIRMATION OF HIS MISSION. EXPOSITION EXODUS 6:1 The expostulation of Moses did not offend God. God gave him, in reply to it, a most gracious series of promises and assura...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter five of the book of Exodus, we left Moses in great despair. He did what he thought God was calling him to do. He went to the Pharaoh and demanded the release of the children of Israel. But the...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    swear. Heb. lift up my hand. The ancient mode of appealing to Genesis 14:22 Deuteronomy 32:40 Ezekiel 20:5 Ezekiel 20:6...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I am the Lord — And therefore have power to dispose of lands and kingdoms as I please....

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