Exodus 6:3

And I appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest to them my name Lord.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord.

4And I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of the Canaanites, the land wherein they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen; that they might say today, In the Mount the Lord was seen.

Genesis 35:11And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Exodus 3:14And God spoke to Moses, saying, I am THE BEING; and he said, Thus shall ye say to the children of Israel, THE BEING has sent me to you.

Isaiah 44:6Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:2-10

The Promise of Deliverance. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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