Exodus 4:5
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
'This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.'
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
that they may believe{H539} that Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} the God{H430} of Abraham,{H85} the God{H430} of Isaac,{H3327} and the God{H430} of Jacob,{H3290} hath appeared{H7200} unto thee.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
That they may believe{H539}{(H8686)} that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, the God{H430} of Abraham{H85}, the God{H430} of Isaac{H3327}, and the God{H430} of Jacob{H3290}, hath appeared{H7200}{(H8738)} unto thee.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
that they may beleue that the Lorde God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac ad the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal they beleue that ye LORDE God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac ye God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Do this that they may beleeue, that the Lorde God of their fathers, the God of Abraha, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath appeared vnto thee.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
By this thing shall they beleue, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, & the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto thee.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.'
American Standard Version (1901)
That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
American Standard Version (1901)
that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you.
World English Bible (2000)
"That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
Referenced Verses
- Exod 19:9 : 9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
- Gen 18:1 : 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- Gen 26:2 : 2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of:
- Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
- Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exod 4:31 : 31 And the people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Exod 3:18 : 18 And they shall listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
- Exod 4:1 : 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice, for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.
- Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
- Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
- 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
- Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.
- Jer 31:3 : 3 The LORD appeared to me long ago, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
- John 11:15 : 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him.
- John 11:42 : 42 And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the people who stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.
- John 20:27 : 27 Then he said to Thomas, Reach your finger here, and look at my hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.
- John 20:31 : 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
- Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Exod 3:12-165 verses84%
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them?
14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
- Acts 7:31-322 verses81%
31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
- Exod 3:6-72 verses80%
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
- Exod 4:1-22 verses75%
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice, for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.
2 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
- Gen 46:2-32 verses74%
2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.
3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
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37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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4 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.
- Exod 6:2-43 verses73%
2 And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD:
3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was 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, where they were strangers.
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6 And the LORD said furthermore to him, Now put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
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13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;
- Deut 4:34-352 verses73%
34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
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5 And said to them, I see your father's expression, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
- Num 14:13-142 verses72%
13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
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24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.
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26 But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
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4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.
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3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
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2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.
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8 When Jacob came into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
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1 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
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17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.
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3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest he strike us with pestilence or with the sword.
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27 And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Did I not plainly appear to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
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9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:
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2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of:
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2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
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3 And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.
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13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
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37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
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6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that you should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear to you.
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18 And they shall listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
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16 And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, you have not listened.
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31 And the people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.