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Exodus 3:15

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Covenant and promisesGod's faithfulness

13 Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

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BSB
God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
KJV
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
WEB
God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
ASV
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
DARBY
And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
BLB
And God said moreover to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘YHWH, the God of your⁺ fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you⁺.’ This [is] My name forever, and this [is] My memorial from generation to generation.
ÅB
Og Gud sa fremdeles til Moses: Så skal du si til Israels barn: Herren[^2], deres fedres Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud, har sendt meg til dere. Dette er mitt navn til evig tid, og så skal de kalle meg fra slekt til slekt.
OTB
Gud sa også til Moses: «Si til israelittene: ‘Herren, deres fedres Gud—Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud—har sendt meg til dere.’ Dette er mitt navn for evig, navnet som jeg skal minnes med fra slekt til slekt.
B1930
Og Gud sa fremdeles til Moses: Så skal du si til Israels barn: Herren, eders fedres Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud, har sendt mig til eder. Dette er mitt navn til evig tid, og så skal de kalle mig fra slekt til slekt. / < Jahve d.e. han er, 2MO 3, 14. JES 42, 8. SLM 135, 13.>

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  • Genesis 17:7–8

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  • Hebrews 13:8

    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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  • Hosea 12:5

    the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.

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  • Malachi 3:6

    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

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  • Micah 4:5

    Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

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  • Exodus 3:6

    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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  • Isaiah 9:6

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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  • Psalms 102:12

    But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

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