Exodus 6:2-4
Easy-to-Read Version
2 Then God said to Moses, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They called me God All-Powerful. They did not know my name, the Lord. 4 I made an agreement with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.
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Exodus 6:2-4
King James Version
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
3 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.
4 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.
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Exodus 6:2-4
New King James Version
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am [a]the Lord. 3 (A)I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as (B)God Almighty, but by My name (C)Lord[b] I was not known to them. 4 (D)I have also [c]established My covenant with them, (E)to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their [d]pilgrimage, (F)in which they were [e]strangers.
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- Exodus 6:2 Heb. YHWH
- Exodus 6:3 Heb. YHWH, traditionally Jehovah
- Exodus 6:4 made or ratified
- Exodus 6:4 sojournings
- Exodus 6:4 sojourners, temporary residents
Exodus 6:2-4
English Standard Version
2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, (A)“I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as (B)God Almighty,[a] but by my name the (C)Lord I did not make myself known to them. 4 (D)I also established my covenant with them (E)to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.
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- Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
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