Verse 5

And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Si til dem: 'Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel, hevet jeg min hånd i ed til Jakobs ætt og åpenbarte meg for dem i Egypt. Jeg la min hånd på dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg utvalgte Israel og løftet min hånd for Jakobs hus’ ætt, tilkjennega jeg meg for dem i Egyptens land. Jeg løftet min hånd for dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: På den dagen jeg valgte Israel og løftet min hånd mot Jakobs hus, og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land, da sa jeg: Jeg er Herren deres Gud;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel, løftet jeg hånden mot Jakobs hus' avkom og ble kjent for dem i Egyptens land. Jeg løftet hånden mot dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: På den dag jeg valgte ut Israel, løftet jeg min hånd mot etterkommerne av Jakobs hus og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land. Jeg løftet min hånd mot dem og sa: Jeg er Herren, deres Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dag jeg valgte Israel og løftet min hånd til Jakobs hus' ætt, og åpenbarte meg for dem i Egypts land, løftet jeg min hånd mot dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og si til dem: Slik sier Herren Gud: Den dag jeg valgte Israel og strakte ut min hånd mot Jakobs ætt, og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egypt, da jeg strakte ut min hånd mot dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dag jeg valgte Israel og løftet min hånd til Jakobs hus' ætt, og åpenbarte meg for dem i Egypts land, løftet jeg min hånd mot dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg utvalgte Israel, løftet jeg min hånd og avla ed for Jakobs ætt, og jeg gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land og løftet min hånd og sa: Jeg er Herren, deres Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt and lifted up my hand to say, "I am the LORD your God."'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen da jeg valgte Israel og løftet min hånd til Jakobs hus' slekt, gjorde jeg meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land og løftet min hånd til dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal sige til dem: Saa sagde den Herre Herre: Paa den Dag, jeg udvalgte Israel, da opløftede jeg min Haand til Jakobs Huses Sæd, og jeg blev kjendt for den i Ægypti Land, og jeg opløftede min Haand til dem og sagde: Jeg er Herren eders Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel, og løftet min hånd til Jakobs hus' ætt, og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land, da jeg løftet min hånd til dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel og svor til Jakob hus' avkom, og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land, da jeg svor til dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel, løftet jeg min hånd til Jakobs hus og mån meg for dem i Egyptens land. Jeg løftet min hånd til dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Den dagen jeg valgte Israel, og sverget en ed til Jakobs hus' ætt, og gjorde meg kjent for dem i Egyptens land, da jeg sverget til dem og sa: Jeg er Herren deres Gud;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og si til dem: Dette sier Herren: På den dagen da jeg valgte Israel, da jeg avla ed til Jakobs ætt, og ga dem kunnskap om meg i landet Egypt, sa jeg til dem med ed: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & tell the: Thus saieth the LORDE God: In the daye when I chose Israel, and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob, & shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte: Yee when I lifte vp myne honde ouer the, and sayde: I am the LORDE youre God,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lift vp mine hand vnto the seede of the house of Iaakob, and made my selfe knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift vp mine hand vnto them, and sayd, I am the Lord your God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And tell them, thus saith the Lorde God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lift vp mine hande vpon the seede of the house of Iacob, and was knowen vnto them in the lande of Egypt, yea when I lift vp mine hande ouer them, and sayde, I am the Lorde your God:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I [am] the LORD your God;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of My fixing on Israel, I lift up My hand, To the seed of the house of Jacob, And am known to them in the land of Egypt, And I lift up My hand to them, Saying, I `am' Jehovah your God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and say to them:“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them,“I am the LORD your God.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 6:6-7 : 6 Therefore, say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
• 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.
• Ezek 20:15 : 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
• Ezek 47:14 : 14 And you shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
• Rev 10:5 : 5 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven.
• Ezek 35:11 : 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have used out of your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them, when I have judged you.
• Exod 6:2 : 2 And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD:
• Deut 11:2-7 : 2 And know this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known or seen the discipline of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm, 3 And His miracles, and His acts, which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4 And what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how He made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day; 5 And what He did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place; 6 And what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the possessions that were among them, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which He did.
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
• Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
• Ps 103:7 : 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
• Isa 43:10 : 10 You are My witnesses, says the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.
• Isa 44:1-2 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
• Jer 33:24 : 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
• Exod 19:4-6 : 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before Me.
• Deut 4:34 : 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?
• Deut 4:37 : 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;
• Exod 3:16 : 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:
• 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.