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 involved in it.
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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....
6:8 swore (c-12) Lit. 'lifted up my hand.'...
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...
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...
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...
וְ הֵבֵאתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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...
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...
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...
_Hand; swearing. (Chap. xiv. 22; 2 Esdras. ix. 15.)_...
Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:3....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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....
THE LORD SENDS A COMFORTING MESSAGE...
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...
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...
SWEAR: _ Heb._ lift up my hand...
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...
And therefore, have authority and power to dispose of lands and kingdoms as I please; and faithful to give you what I have promised....
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...
Exodus 6:8 bring H935 (H8689) land H776 swore H5375 (H8804) H3027 give H5414 (H8800) Abraham...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 6:3 God APPEARED to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (e.g., Genesis 17:1; Gen
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...
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...
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...
swear. Heb. lift up my hand. The ancient mode of appealing to Genesis 14:22 Deuteronomy 32:40 Ezekiel 20:5 Ezekiel 20:6...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
I am the Lord — And therefore have power to dispose of lands and kingdoms as I please....