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Exodus 6:1 open_in_new
the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah) said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10, and see App-4.
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Exodus 6:2 open_in_new
God spake. Occurs only twice in Exodus: here, and 20. See notes on Exodus 3:7 with Exodus 6:10.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
the LORD. Jehovah. Note the repetition five times in this revelation, verses: Exodus 6:2; Exodus 6:3; Exodus 6:6; Exodus 2:7; Exodus 2:8, and see App-10.
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Exodus 6:3 open_in_new
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 Shaddai. " Compare Exodus 7:5.
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Exodus 6:4 open_in_new
I have. Note the three repetitions in verses: Exodus 6:4; Exodus 6:5. See App-10.
them. individually (see on Genesis 50:24). This is why this revelation of Jehovah as "the God of the living" ensures their resurrection. See Exodus 3:6, and compare Deuteronomy 11:2.
pilgrimage. They "sojourned "in Canaan, and they "dwelt" in Egypt.
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Exodus 6:5 open_in_new
also. Read "I also have:" i.e. as well as thou.
children. sons.
remembered My covenant. All Israel's blessings based on this. See Exodus 2:24.
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Exodus 6:6 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: Exodus 6:6-8, to emphasise every detail. Compare Deuteronomy 7:8.
I will. Note the sevenfold blessing in verses: Exodus 6:6-8 and compare the sevenfold promise in Genesis 12:2; Genesis 12:3. See App-10. redeem. Hebrew. g'aal. to redeem (from charge, by payment). First occurance in connection with Israel. Not padah. See note on Exodus 13:13.
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Exodus 6:8 open_in_new
swear. Hebrew "I lifted up mine hand". Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). App-6. Act put for the thing accompanying it: rightly rendered "swear". The Figure of speech Anthropopatheia is also involved in it.
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Exodus 6:9 open_in_new
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. See App-9.
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Exodus 6:10 open_in_new
the LORD spake. Jehovah spake (Hebrew. davar). This expression occurs in Ex. twenty "sundry times "and in seven "divers manners "(see App-10). Compare note on Exodus 3:7; Leviticus 1.Numbers 1. (1) To Moses alone; Exodus 13:1; Exodus 30:11; Exodus 30:17; Exodus 30:22; Exodus 30:34; Exodus 31:1; Exodus 33:11. Exo 33:40. (2) To Moses to speak to Aaron, Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:5. (3) To Moses to speak to the children of Israel, Exodus 6:14; Exodus 16:11 (Compare Exodus 6:12); 25.; Exodus 31:12. (4) To Moses to speak to Pharaoh, Exodus 6:10 (Compare Exodus 6:11; Exodus 29:8). (5) To Moses and unto Aaron, Exodus 7:8. (6) To Moses and Aaron to speak to the congregation of Israel, Exodus 6:12. (7) To Moses and Aaron to give. charge to the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh, Exodus 6:13.
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Exodus 6:14 open_in_new
Moses and Aaron shown to be the crown of the previous pedigrees. They gather the "heads" who are to speak to Pharaoh, Exodus 6:27.
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Exodus 6:16 open_in_new
Levi died twenty. three years after Joseph, forty-one years before Moses.
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Exodus 6:20 open_in_new
Jochebed. See note on Numbers 26:59.
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Exodus 6:24 open_in_new
Elkanah. The ancestor of Samuel. Compare 1 Samuel 1:1-24 and Numbers 26:11, &c.
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Exodus 6:26 open_in_new
Aaron and Moses. The order according to age and genealogy. Compare Exodus 6:27.
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Exodus 6:27 open_in_new
Pharaoh king of Egypt. See App-37.
Moses and Aaron. The order according to God's choice. Compare Exodus 6:26.
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Exodus 6:28 open_in_new
the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.