But Reader! do you know the Lord as he stands related in covenant engagements to his people? Here the view is doubly sweet and refreshing; for it carries with it this idea, that what God had promised he would perform. Oh! it is delightful to have a personal knowledge of God in a covenant way under this glorious character! Exodus 14:18; Isaiah 44:6.
Verse Exodus 6:3. _BY THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY_] אל שדי EL-SHADDAl, God All-sufficient; God the dispenser or pourer-out of gifts. Genesis 17:1. _BUT BY MY NAME_ JEHOVAH _WAS I NOT KNOWN TO THEM._] T...
There 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 despera...
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...
KNOWN. Hebrew. perceived or understood. The _name_ Jehovah was known as the covenant name; but was not known so as to be understood. The Ellipsis may be better supplied "in [the character of] _El Shad...
I APPEARED, &C.— The emphasis being upon _Jehovah,_ in Exodus 6:2 it is to be wished, that this word had been used in our translation, instead of, _the Lord: I am Jehovah._ Some render this verse, _I...
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 APPEARED UNTO ABRAHAM, UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB, BY THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY, BUT BY MY NAME JEHOVAH WAS I NOT KNOWN TO THEM._ I am God Almighty. All enemies must fall, all difficulties must...
6:3 *God; (a-14) See Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 28:3 . known (b-24) Or 'did not make myself known.'...
THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY] Heb. _El Shaddai_, which occurs first in the revelation made to Abraham (Genesis 17:1 cp. also Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:3). It is here said that God was not known in the patr...
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 APPEARED... BY THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY. — This name, “El Shaddai,” is first found in the revelation made of Himself by God to Abraham (Genesis 17:1). It is used by Isaac (Genesis 28:3), and repeate...
וָ אֵרָ֗א אֶל ־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל ־יִצְחָ֥ק וְ
A NEW NAME. Exodus 3:14. Exodus 6:2. "God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." We cannot certainly tell why Mos...
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...
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name (a) JEHOVAH was I not known to them. (a) By which he signifies that he will perform indeed that...
My name Adonai. The name which is in the Hebrew text, is that most proper name of God, which signifieth his eternal self-existent being, (Exodus iii. 14,) which the Jews, out of reverence, never prono...
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 GREAT NAME_ ‘My name Jehovah.’ Exodus 6:3 The keystone of the arch of this lesson is the import of the name Jehovah. God is here revealed as the Unchangeable One Who never falters or fails. He...
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 APPEARED UNTO ABRAHAM, UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB, BY [THE NAME] OF GOD ALMIGHTY,.... Able to fulfil all his purposes, promises, and covenant, with whom nothing is impossible; or Elshaddai, God...
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. Ver. 3. _By the name of God Almighty._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 17...
Exo. 6:3. "And I appeared," etc. God Almighty = all-sufficient, (see Genesis 17:1; Genesis 28:3), ["but by my name Jehovah," etc.]. God, when He appeared unto Abraham, and promised that he would do su...
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 appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but by My name Jehovah was I not known to them. To the patriarchs the Lord had not revealed Himself in His specific...
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...
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...
QUEST. How is this true, when God was known to them, and called by the name _Jehovah?_ GENESIS 15:7, GENESIS 26:24, &c. ANSW. 1. He speaks not of the letters or syllables, but of the thing signified b...
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 6:3 appeared H7200 (H8735) Abraham H85 Isaac H3327 Jacob H3290 God H410 Almighty H7706 name H8034 LORD...
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...
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 am the Lord._ DUTY TO JEHOVAH 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...
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...
God Almighty. El shadday, God Almighty; for shadday is Genesis 17:1 Genesis 28:3 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 48:3 but by my name. If Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, did
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
Was God known by His name “Lord” (Jehovah or Yahweh) before Moses’ time? PROBLEM: According to this text God told Moses, “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name...