Exodus 6:6

6 "Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, '1I am the LORD, and 2I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also 3redeem you with 4an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

Exodus 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

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: and with great judgments;
upon the Egyptians, by many and sore plagues and punishments inflicted on them.

Exodus 6:6 In-Context

4 "I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.
5 "Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 "Say, therefore, to the sons 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. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 'Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 'I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD .' "

Cross References 4

  • 1. Exodus 13:3, 14; Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 6:12
  • 2. Exodus 3:17; Exodus 7:4; Exodus 12:51; Exodus 16:6; Exodus 18:1; Deuteronomy 26:8; Psalms 136:11
  • 3. Exodus 15:13; Deuteronomy 7:8; 1 Chronicles 17:21; Nehemiah 1:10
  • 4. Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 26:8; Psalms 136:11
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