Exodus 3:13 KJV
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Thou and Ye
- your, you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The name JehovahFormerly 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...
Parallel Passages
- Genesis 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Exodus 3:14 And 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.
- Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
- Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Genesis 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
- Exodus 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
- Judges 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
- Judges 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
- Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1571–1451 BC · Moses
Bible Dictionary
- MosesDrawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen 45:17–25), Jacob and his sons went down into...
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Moses מֹשֶׁה mōšê מֹשֶׁה Proper name
- said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto God אֶל ʾel Preposition הָאֱלֹהִים hāʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with the
- Behold, when I come הִנֵּה hinnê Demonstrative אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular בָא bāʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- unto the children אֶל ʾel Preposition בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- and shall say וְאָמַרְתִּי wĕʾāmartî אָמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
- unto them, The God לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural אֱלֹהֵי ʾĕlōhê אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct
- of your fathers אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם ʾăbôtêkem אָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- hath sent שְׁלָחַנִי šĕlāḥanî שָׁלַח Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular אֲלֵיכֶם ʾălêkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- me unto you; and they shall say וְאָמְרוּ wĕʾāmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and אֲלֵהֶם ʾălēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- to me, What is his name לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular מַה mah Interrogative שְּׁמוֹ šĕmô שֵׁם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular מָה mâ Interrogative
- what shall I say אֹמַר ʾōmar אָמַר Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
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