Exodus 6:6-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exod. 3:20; After that, he will let you go. When Moses was at his wit's end, wishing he had staid in Midian, rather than have come to Egypt to make bad worse?when he was quite at a loss what to do?Then the Lord said unto Moses, for the quieting of his mind, ?Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh (Exod. 6:1); now that the affair has come to a crisis, things are as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:6

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord ,.... Eternal in his being, immutable in his counsels, faithful to his covenant, and able to fulfil it: and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians ; which lay heavy on them, and made them sigh and groan: and I will rid you out of their bondage ; in which they were kept, and by which their lives were made bitter: and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm ; with an arm stretched out from heaven to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:7

And I will take you to me for a people ,.... Out of the hands of the Egyptians, and out of their country, to be in a political sense his kingdom and subjects; and in a religious sense a holy people to himself, to fear, serve, worship, and glorify him, by walking according to laws and rules given them by him; and this he did by setting up and establishing a civil and ecclesiastical polity among them: and I will be to you a God ; their King and their God to rule over them, protect and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:8

And I will bring you in unto the land ,.... The land of Canaan: concerning the which I did swear ; or lift up my hand F1 נשאתי את ידי "levavi manum meam", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster. , which was a gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22 . to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; see Exodus 6:4 , and I will give it you for an heritage ; to be possessed as an inheritance by them, so long as they were obedient to his will, or until the Messiah came: I am... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:9

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel ,.... After this manner, and in the above words, declaring all that the Lord made known to him, and promised to do for them; which one would have thought would have revived their spirits, and refreshed and comforted their hearts under their troubles, and encouraged a lively exercise of faith and hope of deliverance: but they hearkened not unto Moses ; being disappointed of deliverance by him, and their afflictions being increased, and lying... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:6

Say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out, etc. - This confirms the explanation given of Exodus 6:3 , which see Clarke's note on Exodus 6:3 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

I will take you to me for a people, etc. - This was precisely the covenant that he had made with Abraham. See Genesis 17:7 , and see Clarke's note on Genesis 17:7 . And ye shall know that I am the Lord your God - By thus fulfilling my promises ye shall know what is implied in my name. See Clarke's note on Exodus 6:3 . But why should God take such a most stupid, refractory, and totally worthless people for his people? 1. Because he had promised to do so to their noble ancestors... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:8

Which I did swear - ידי את נשאתי nasathi eth yadi , I have lifted up my hand. The usual mode of making an appeal to God, and hence considered to be a form of swearing. It is thus that Isaiah 62:8 ; is to be understood: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:9

But they hearkened not - Their bondage was become so extremely oppressive that they had lost all hope of ever being redeemed from it. After this verse the Samaritan adds, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians: for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness. This appears to be borrowed from Exodus 14:12 . Anguish of spirit - רוח קצר kotzer ruach , shortness of spirit or breath. The words signify that their labor was so continual, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

Verse 7 7.And I will take you to me. The end of their liberation is here described in the continued tenor of His grace. For it would have been little that the people should once be redeemed from Egypt, unless, when redeemed, they had lived under the defense and guardianship of God. As, therefore, He had long since separated the holy seed of Abraham from the other nations by circumcision, He now again sets it apart, (sanctificat,) and promises that he will be their God. In these words, then,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

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