and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as [a](A)God Almighty, but by (B)My name, [b]Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. I also established (C)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the [c]land in which they sojourned. Furthermore I have (D)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

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  1. Exodus 6:3 Heb El Shaddai
  2. Exodus 6:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. Exodus 6:4 Lit land of their sojournings in which...

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,[a](A) but by my name(B) the Lord[b](C) I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant(D) with them to give them the land(E) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.(F) Moreover, I have heard the groaning(G) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  2. Exodus 6:3 See note at 3:15.