Exodus 6:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name‘the LORD’ I was not known to them.

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  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him!
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
  • Exod 3:14 : 14 God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from“he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.
  • Isa 42:8 : 8 The Lord Intervenes I am the LORD! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
  • Isa 52:5-6 : 5 And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long. 6 For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says,‘Here I am.’”

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  • Exod 3:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

    7The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

  • Exod 6:2
    78%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him,“I am the LORD.

  • Exod 3:11-16
    6 verses
    77%

    11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

    12He replied,“Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God at this mountain.”

    13Moses said to God,“If I go to the Israelites and tell them,‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,‘What is his name?’– what should I say to them?”

    14God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

    15God also said to Moses,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘The LORD– the 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 from generation to generation.’

    16“Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them,‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, appeared to me– the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob– saying,“I have attended carefully to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,

  • Acts 7:32
    76%

    32‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

  • Exod 6:4
    75%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

  • Exod 4:5
    73%

    5“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.”

  • Gen 17:1
    70%

    1The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

  • Gen 48:3
    70%

    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

  • Gen 46:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

    3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

  • Exod 6:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.

    8I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob– and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”

  • Gen 26:24
    68%

    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Isa 45:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not submit to me.

    5I am the LORD, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

  • Gen 18:1
    67%

    1Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

  • Gen 26:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • John 8:58
    67%

    58Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

  • Mal 3:6
    67%

    6Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness“Since, I, the LORD, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

  • Mark 12:26
    66%

    26Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him,‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

  • Luke 20:37
    66%

    37But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

  • Matt 22:32
    66%

    32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”

  • 1 Sam 2:27
    66%

    27The Lord Judges the House of Eli Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him,“This is what the LORD has said:‘I plainly revealed myself to your ancestor’s house when they were slaves to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt.

  • Ezek 20:9
    66%

    9I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 28:13
    66%

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Exod 19:3
    66%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:

  • Exod 33:23
    66%

    23Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen.”

  • Gen 35:10
    66%

    10God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.

  • Gen 22:14
    66%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”

  • Gen 31:5
    66%

    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Judg 6:10
    66%

    10I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

  • Josh 24:3
    65%

    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Gen 32:29
    65%

    29Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

  • Exod 3:2
    65%

    2The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

  • Isa 43:12
    65%

    12I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“that I am God.

  • Exod 3:4
    65%

    4When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”

  • Deut 5:6
    65%

    6The Ten Commandments“I am the LORD your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

  • Gen 18:17
    65%

    17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

  • Lev 22:33
    65%

    33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 29:45
    65%

    45I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,

  • 1 Sam 3:7
    65%

    7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD; the LORD’s messages had not yet been revealed to him.

  • Jer 16:21
    65%

    21The LORD said,“So I will now let this wicked people know– I will let them know my mighty power in judgment. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.”