Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Exodus 3:11
Who am I - These words indicate humility (compare Numbers 12:3), not fear. He feared failure, owing to incompetency, especially in the power of expression.
Who am I - These words indicate humility (compare Numbers 12:3), not fear. He feared failure, owing to incompetency, especially in the power of expression.
Verse Exodus 3:11. _WHO_ AM _I - THAT I SHOULD BRING_] He was so satisfied that this was beyond _his_ power, and all the means that he possessed, that he is astonished that even God himself should ap...
CHAPTER 3 THE BURNING BUSH AND THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF MOSES _ 1. The vision of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1)_ 2. Jehovah speaks and calls Moses (Exodus 3:4) 3. Moses' answer (Exodus 3:11) 4. T...
EXODUS 2:23 TO EXODUS 3:15. THE CALL OF MOSES ( FIRST ACCOUNT). Exodus 2:23_ a_, J, Exodus 2:23 _b_ -...
WHO AM I, THAT. SHOULD GO UNTO PHARAOH? Moses puts in many pleas to be excused from this grave task. The Lord patiently and encouragingly hears all these scruples of his creature's mind, gives. satisf...
WHO AM I. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis,_ in expostulation (App-6) for emphasis. Occupation with self is the cause of all _distrust._ Note these four instances. Compare Exodus 4:1; Exodus 4:10; Exodus...
Exodus 3:1 TO EXODUS 4:17. Moses commissioned by Jehovah at Horeb to deliver His people. The dialogue between Jehovah and Moses, as in other cases (cf. Delitzsch on Genesis 12:1), must be pictured, no...
MOSES SAID—WHO AM I, &C.— Conscious of his own unworthiness and incapacity for so great a service, and apprehensive of his little influence with the court of Egypt; Moses here modestly declines the un...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 3 Now Mo-ses was keeping the flock of Je-thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid-i-an: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of...
_AND THE LORD SAID, I HAVE SURELY SEEN THE AFFLICTION OF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE IN EGYPT, AND HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY BY REASON OF THEIR TASKMASTERS; FOR I KNOW THEIR SORROWS;_ I have surely seen the affli...
THE CALL OF MOSES AND HIS COMMISSION TO BE THE DELIVERER OF ISRAEL 1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mo...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 GOD CALLS MOSES 3:1 – 4:17 THE BUSH THAT BURNED – VERSES 1-6 V1 N...
WHO AM I, THAT I SHOULD GO? — The men most fit for great missions are apt to deem themselves unfit. When God called Jeremiah to be a prophet, his reply was, “O Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל ־הָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מִ֣י
GOD'S MESSAGE FROM THE BUSH Exodus 3:1 The learning of Egypt was not sufficient to equip Moses for his life-work. He is taken to the solitudes of the wilderness. _That_ is God's college. All who have...
At last the actual call of God came to Moses. It found him fulfilling a daily duty, keeping the sheep of his father-in-law. There can be no doubt that in the silent solitudes of the wilderness he had...
And Moses said unto God, Who [am] (l) I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (l) He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own...
See Exodus 6:12 & Jeremiah 1:6...
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...
11._Who am I? _He cannot yet be accused of disobedience, because, conscious of his own weakness, he answers that he is not sufficient for it, and therefore refuses the commission. His comparison of hi...
But at last God looks upon His people, and not only gives the faith that identifies itself with His people, but displays the power which delivers them. That Moses, who was rejected as a prince and a j...
AND MOSES SAID UNTO GOD, WHO AM I, THAT I SHOULD GO UNTO PHARAOH,.... A private person, an exile in a foreign country, a poor shepherd, unknown to Pharaoh, and had no interest in him; and he a great k...
And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? Ver. 11. _Who am I?_] Worth is modest: the proud man asketh, Who...
_Who am I?_ He thinks himself unworthy of the honour, and unable for the work. He thinks he wants _courage_, and therefore cannot go to Pharaoh: he thinks he wants _conduct_, and therefore cannot _bri...
1 Moses keepeth Iethros flocke. 2 God appeareth to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to deliuer Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His message to Israel. 1 NOWE Moses kept the flocke of Iethro...
THE EMPHATIC COMMISSION...
And Moses said unto God, Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? Moses certainly had learned humility in. the school of Midian, not u...
C. THE CALL OF MOSES. HIS REFUSAL AND OBEDIENCE. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH AARON AND THEIR FIRST MISSION TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL Exodus 2:3 1Now Moses kept [was pasturing] the flock of Jethro his father-i...
THE BURNING BUSH: MOSES CALLED TO EGYPT In tending Jethro's sheep Moses came to Mount Horeb, called "the mountain of God," because it signified Israel's relationship with God as under law. It is also...
11-15 Formerly Moses thought himself able to deliver Israel, and set himself to the work too hastily. Now, when the fittest person on earth for it, he knows his own weakness. This was the effect of m...
What a mean, inconsiderable person am I! how unworthy and unfit for that employment! He was more forward in the work forty years ago, by reason of the fervours of his youth, his inexperience in affair...
We shall now resume the personal history of Moses, and contemplate him during that deeply-interesting period of his career which he spent in retirement-a period including, as we should say, forty of h...
Exodus 3:11 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) God H430 go H3212 (H8799) Pharaoh H6547 bring H3318 ...
HE REVEALS HIMSELF AS YAHWEH, THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS WITH THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:6). a Yahweh declares that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:6 a). b Moses hides hi...
Exodus 3:1 This narrative is a chain of glorious wonders. We see here I. An old man called to go out on the great errand of his life. The education of Moses for the great mission of his life lasted...
This chapter tells of the appearance of God to Moses in the Wilderness. Has he removed from us brethren? He used to be seen by godly souls by mount and stream and sea; and even bushes were alive and b...
CONTENTS: Moses called as deliverer. The burning bush. CHARACTERS: Jethro, Moses, angel. CONCLUSION: Those qualified for great service may expect for a time to be confined to obscurity for special p...
Exodus 3:1. _Horeb_ and Sinai are the same mountain, almost surrounded by two branches of the Red sea. But it has two summits, Sinai on the east, and Horeb on the west. Justinian built a monastery her...
_Who am I?_ MINISTERIAL TIMIDITY I. It is sometimes occasioned by undue and depreciating thoughts of self. 1. By undue thought of our social position. 2. By undue thought of our intellectual weakn...
A MAN WHO WAS AFRAID Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh? Exodus 3:11. Boys and girls, I want to speak to you this morning about fear. Perhaps some of your grown-up friends think that is a mista...
EXODUS 3:1 Call of Moses. These chapters focus primarily on the call of Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:1). They also cover Moses’ return from Midian to Egypt: the peaceful departure from Jethro ...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 3:11 WHO AM I...? Moses’ question makes sense, and God does not criticize him for asking it (v. Exodus 3:11). “I will be wi
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 3:11_ MINISTERIAL TIMIDITY I. IT IS SOMETIMES OCCASIONED BY UNDUE AND DEPRECIATING THOUGHTS OF SELF. (Exodus 3:11.) _By undue thought of our social position...
THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES. EXPOSITION EXODUS 3:1 THE MISSION OF MOSES. After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion...
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to mount Horeb (Exodus 3:1). Now n...
Exodus 4:10 Exodus 6:12 1 Samuel 18:18 2 Samuel 7:18 1 Kings 3:7...
THE DELIVERER Exodus 3:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We continue a study concerning Israel in _Egypt_ and God's great deliverance which He wrought through Moses. We wish to refer you to the 9th verse of ou...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
Who am I? — He thinks himself unworthy of the honour and unable for the work. He thinks he wants courage, and therefore cannot go to Pharaoh: he thinks he wants conduct, and therefore cannot bring for...