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, hath appeared unto thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
believe	יַאֲמִ֔ינוּ ya.'a.Mi.nu	H539	properly · verb, hiphil jussive, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	אֲבֹתָ֑ם 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
God	אֱלֹהֵ֧י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֛ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
God	אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Isaac	יִצְחָ֖ק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
God	וֵאלֹהֵ֥י ve.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Jacob	יַעֲקֹֽב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
appeared	נִרְאָ֥ה nir.'Ah	H7200	to see · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for e…
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared u…
Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God…
Exodus 4:31 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,…
John 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

It was a very great honour that Moses was called to when God commissioned him to bring Israel out of Egypt; yet he is with difficulty persuaded to accept the commission, and does it at last with great reluctance, which we should rather impute to a humble diffidence of himself and his own sufficiency than to any unbelieving distrust of God and his word and power. Note, Those whom God designs for preferment he clothes with humility; the most fit for service are the least forward. I. Moses objects that in all probability the people would not hearken to his voice (Exo 4:1), that is, they would not take his bare word, unless he showed them some sign, which he had not been yet instructed to do. Th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:2

the Lord said, . . . What is that in thine hand?--The question was put not to elicit information which God required, but to draw the particular attention of Moses. A rod--probably the shepherd's crook--among the Arabs, a long staff, with a curved head, varying from three to six feet in length.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:5

That they may believe - This is an example of what is called an imperfect or unfinished speech, several of which occur in the sacred writings. It may be thus supplied: Do this before them, that they may believe that the Lord hath appeared unto thee.

John Gill on Exodus 4:5

That they may believe,.... The elders and people of Israel; for this miracle was wrought not for the confirmation of Moses's faith; for, as Aben Ezra observes, the sign of the burning bush was given to him to confirm his faith, that it was God that appeared to him, and called him to this work; but this was wrought to confirm the faith of the Israelites in his divine mission: that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee; See Gill on Exodus 3:6.

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Call · .MOSES — .MOSES
Condescension Of God · Rea — Rea
Miracles · Were evidences of a divine commission — Were evidences of a divine commission
Moses · ma — ma
Sign · .Moses — .Moses
Token · Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions — Miracles of Moses, of the divine authority of his missions

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:2

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:5

John Gill on Exodus 4:5

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 4:2

Adam Clarke on Exodus 4:5

John Gill on Exodus 4:5

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 4:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 4:3

Rashi on Exodus 4:4