Exodus 6:2 KJV

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • God renews his promiseWe 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...

Parallel Passages

  • 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.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
  • Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
  • Genesis 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
  • Exodus 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
  • 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: I am the LORD.

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Topics

  • Egyptians Refuse to release the Israelites
  • Moses Receives comfort and assurance from the Lord
  • Revelation God reveals himself to Moses
  • Rulers Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites

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Bible Dictionary

  • 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...
  • 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...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Strong’s Numbers

  • And God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • spake דָבַר dâbar
  • unto Moses מֹשֶׁה Môsheh
  • and said אָמַר ʼâmar
  • unto him, I am the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

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