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Exodus 3:16

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14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

15 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.

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
WEB
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
ASV
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
DARBY
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying, I have indeed visited you, and [seen] that which is done unto you in Egypt;
BLB
Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘YHWH, the God of your⁺ fathers, has appeared to me—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob—saying: I have surely attended to you⁺ and what is being done to you⁺ in Egypt.
ÅB
Gå nå og kall sammen de eldste i Israel og si til dem: Herren, deres fedres Gud, har åpenbart seg for meg, Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs Gud, og sagt: Jeg har sett til dere og vet hvordan de farer fram mot dere i Egypt.
OTB
«Gå, samle Israels eldste og si til dem: ‘Herren, deres fedres Gud—Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs Gud—har vist seg for meg og sagt: Jeg har våket over dere og sett hva som er blitt gjort mot dere i Egypt.
B1930
Gå nu og kall sammen de eldste i Israel og si til dem: Herren, eders fedres Gud, har åpenbaret sig for mig, Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs Gud, og sagt: Jeg har sett til eder og vet hvorledes de farer frem mot eder i Egypten.

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  • Psalms 8:4

    What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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  • Exodus 4:31

    And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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  • Exodus 4:29

    And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

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  • Genesis 50:24

    And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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  • Acts 15:14

    Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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  • Exodus 3:2

    And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

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  • Exodus 4:5

    That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

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  • Luke 19:44

    And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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