Exodus 6:6

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Wherefore	לָכֵ֞ן la.Khen	H3651	properly · preposition + adverb
say	אֱמֹ֥ר 'e.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
children	לִבְנֵֽי liv.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
LORD	יְהוָה֒ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
bring	וְהוֹצֵאתִ֣י ve.ho.tze.Ti	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
burdens	סִבְלֹ֣ת siv.Lot	H5450	porterage · noun, common feminine plural construct
Egyptians	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
rid	וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥י ve.hi.tzal.Ti	H5337	to snatch away · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
bondage	מֵעֲבֹדָתָ֑ם me.'a.vo.da.Tam	H5656	work of any kind · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
redeem	וְגָאַלְתִּ֤י ve.ga.'al.Ti	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
stretched	נְטוּיָ֔ה ne.tu.Yah	H5186	to stretch or spread out · verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular absolute
arm	בִּזְר֣וֹעַ biz.Ro.a'	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
great	גְּדֹלִֽים ge.do.Lim	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
judgments	וּבִשְׁפָטִ֖ים u.vish.fa.Tim	H8201	a sentence · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 26:8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, an…
1 Chronicles 17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness a…
Exodus 7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel…
Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with…
Nehemiah 1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
Exodus 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and…
Deuteronomy 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thi…
Psalms 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:1-9

Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exo 3:20, After that, he will let you go. When Moses was at his wit's end, wishing he had staid in Midian, rather than have come to Egypt to make bad worse - when he was quite at a loss what to do - Then the Lord said unto Moses, for the quieting of his mind, "Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh (Exo 6:1); now that the affair has come to a crisis, things are as bad as they can be, Pharaoh is in the height of pride and Israel in the depth of misery, now is my time to appear." See Psa 12:5, Now will I arise. Note, Man's extremity is God's opportunity of helping…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 6:3

I . . . God Almighty--All enemies must fall, all difficulties must vanish before My omnipotent power, and the patriarchs had abundant proofs of this. but by my name, &c.--rather, interrogatively, by My name Jehovah was I not known to them? Am not I, the Almighty God, who pledged My honor for the fulfilment of the covenant, also the self-existent God who lives to accomplish it? Rest assured, therefore, that I shall bring it to pass. This passage has occasioned much discussion; and it has been thought by many to intimate that as the name Jehovah was not known to the patriarchs, at least in the full bearing or practical experience of it, the honor of the disclosure was reserved to Moses, who…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 6:6

Say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out, etc. - This confirms the explanation given of Exo 6:3, which see Clarke's note on Exo 6:3.

John Gill on Exodus 6:6

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord,.... Eternal in his being, immutable in his counsels, faithful to his covenant, and able to fulfil it: and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians; which lay heavy on them, and made them sigh and groan: and I will rid you out of their bondage; in which they were kept, and by which their lives were made bitter: and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm; with an arm stretched out from heaven to earth, as Aben Ezra expresses it; even by the exertion of his almighty power, openly and manifestly displayed in the lighting down of his arm upon the enemies of his people, and in delivering them out of their hands:…

Dictionary and topics

Frontlets, Or Phylacteries — (Exodus 13:16; 6:8; 11:18; Matthew 23:5) These “frontlets” or “phylacteries” were strips of parchment, on which were written four passages of Scripture, (Exodus 13:2-10,11-17; 6:4-9,13-23) in an ink…
Jarib — An adversary. (1.) A son of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:24). (2.) One of the chiefs sent by Ezra to bring up the priests to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16). (3.) Ezra 10:18.
Judgments of God — (1.) The secret decisions of God’s will (Ps. 110:5; 36:6). (2.) The revelations of his will (Ex. 21:1; Deut. 6:20; Ps. 119:7-175). (3.) The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Ex. 6:6; 12:12;…
Kinsman — Heb. goel, from root meaning to redeem. The goel among the Hebrews was the nearest male blood relation alive. Certain important obligations devolved upon him toward his next of kin. (1.) If any one…
Arm · FIGURATIVE USE OF — FIGURATIVE USE OF
Bondage · Of Israelites in Egypt — Of Israelites in Egypt
Judgments · Sent for the deliverance of saints — Sent for the deliverance of saints
Redemption · Typified: Israel — Typified: Israel
Theocracy, The, Or Immediate Government By God · Was established on: The right of redemption — Was established on: The right of redemption

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 6:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 6:3

Adam Clarke on Exodus 6:6

John Gill on Exodus 6:6

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Exodus 6:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 6:3

Adam Clarke on Exodus 6:6

John Gill on Exodus 6:6

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 6:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 6:2-8

Rashi on Exodus 6:6