God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh;
- KJV And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
- NKJV And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.
- NASB God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;
- NLT And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the Lord.’
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Quick answer
God declares to Moses, 'I am Yahweh.' His self-revelation as the covenant LORD grounds the promise of deliverance.
Overview
God answers Moses' discouragement by proclaiming His name, Yahweh, the eternal, self-existent, covenant-keeping God. This name is the bedrock of assurance, for who God is guarantees what He will do. The repeated 'I am Yahweh' throughout this passage anchors the exodus in God's unchanging character, the same name later revealed in fullness in Jesus, the great I AM.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- Acts 17:24–25The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
- Isa 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
- Mal 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Exod 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Isa 43:15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”
- Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Isa 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- Exod 17:1Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exod 6:8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
- Exod 14:18The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
- Gen 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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