God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh;
Parallel translations
- KJV And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
- BSB God also told Moses, “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.
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Cross-references · 13
- Jer 9:24But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,” says Yahweh.
- Acts 17:24–25The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,
- Isa 42:8“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
- Mal 3:6“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Exod 6:6Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
- Isa 43:15I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
- Exod 20:2“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Isa 43:11I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- Exod 17:1All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exod 6:8I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.’”
- Exod 14:18The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
- Gen 15:7He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
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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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