Exodus 6:8
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| Overview - Exodus 6 | |
| 1 | God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH. |
| 9 | Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites. |
| 10 | He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh. |
| 14 | The genealogy of Reuben, of Simeon, and of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron. |
| 26 | The history resumed. |
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Exodus 6:8 (King James Version)
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
- swear
- Hebrew lift up my hand.
- The ancient mode of appealing to God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a form of swearing. Hence {yamin,} in Hebrew the right hand, is in Arabic an oath, and
- as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom prevailed among the heathens See Virg. n. 1. xii. v. 196.
- Genesis 14:22 ; Deuteronomy 32:40 ; Ezekiel 20:5 Ezekiel 20:6 Ezekiel 20:15 Ezekiel 20:23 Ezekiel 20:28 Ezekiel 20:42 ; 36:7 47:14
- to give
- 32:13 Genesis 15:18 ; Genesis 22:16 Genesis 22:17 26:3 28:13 35:12
- I am
- 2 ; Numbers 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 15:29