Exodus 6:8

8 I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the LORD !’”

Exodus 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:8

And I will bring you in unto the land
The land of Canaan: concerning the which I did swear;
or lift up my hand F1, which was a gesture used in swearing, ( Genesis 14:22 ) to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
see ( Exodus 6:4 ) : and I will give it you for an heritage;
to be possessed as an inheritance by them, so long as they were obedient to his will, or until the Messiah came: I am the Lord;
whose counsels of old are faithfulness and truth; whose promises are yea and amen; whose gifts and calling are without repentance; and who is able also to perform whatever he has said he will do.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (ydy ta ytavn) "levavi manum meam", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster.

Exodus 6:8 In-Context

6 “Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the LORD . I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
7 I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.
8 I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the LORD !’”
9 So Moses told the people of Israel what the LORD had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
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