Exodus 6:4

4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.

Exodus 6:4 in Other Translations

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.

4 And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country in which they lived as sojourners.

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

4 I even made a promise to give them Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

4 I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.

4 "I also made my covenant with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. That is where they lived as outsiders.

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 also said to Moses, “I am the LORD.

3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them.

4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.

5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 6:18; S Genesis 15:18
• 2. S Genesis 12:7; Acts 7:5; Romans 4:13; Galatians 3:16; Hebrews 11:8-10
• 3. S Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4,13