Exodus 6:4

4 "I also established 1My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.

Exodus 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:4

And I have also established my covenant with them
With Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and with their posterity, so that it is sure and firm, and shall never be made null and void: to give them the land of Canaan;
or to their children, which were as themselves: the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers;
not being in actual possession of any part of it, but lived as pilgrims and strangers in it, as their posterity now did in another land not theirs; see ( Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13 ) .

Exodus 6:4 In-Context

2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD ;
3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD , I did not make Myself known to them.
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:4, 7; Genesis 26:3, 4; Genesis 28:4, 13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "land of their sojournings in which..."
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