Exodus 3:7

the LORD said = Jehovah said (Hebrew. 'amar, requiring the words spoken). This expression occurs forty-five "sundry times" in Exodus, and in ten "divers manners" (see App-10 ), and compare Leviticus 1:1 ; Leviticus 5:14 .Numbers 3:40 , and see note on Exodus 6:10 . (1) The LORD said, Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 33:21 . (2) To Moses (or to "him"), Exodus 4:2 , Exodus 4:4 , Exodus 4:6 , Exodus 4:11 , Exodus 4:19 ; Exodus 6:1 ; Exodus 7:1 , Exodus 7:14 ; Exodus 9:22 ; Exodus 10:1 , Exodus 10:12 , Exodus 10:21 ; Exodus 11:1 , Exodus 11:9 ; Exodus 14:26 ; Exodus 16:4 , Exodus 16:29 ; Exodus 17:5 ; Exodus 19:9 , Exodus 19:10 , Exodus 19:24 ; Exodus 24:12 ; Exodus 32:7 , Exodus 32:9 , Exodus 32:33 ; Exodus 33:1 , Exodus 33:17 ; Exodus 34:1 , Exodus 34:27 . (3) To Moses to say unto Aaron, Exodus 8:16 . (4) To Moses to say unto Pharaoh, Exodus 4:21 (compare 22); Exodus 8:20 ; Exodus 9:1 , Exodus 9:13 . (5) To Moses to rehearse to Joshua 17:14 . (6) To Moses to charge the people, Exodus 19:21 . (7) To Moses to speak to the people, Exodus 3:11 . (compare Exodus 3:2 ). (8) To Moses to say to the children of Israel, Exodus 14:15 ; Exodus 20:22 ; Exodus 33:5 . (9) To Moses and unto Aaron, Exodus 9:8 ; Exodus 12:43 . (10) To Aaron, Exodus 4:27 .

I have surely seen . Hebrew "seeing I have seen". Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ); see note on Genesis 26:28 . All begins with God. All is of His grace. Note the five statements in verses: Exodus 3:7 , Exodus 3:8 ; and "My People". Compare Deuteronomy 32:8 , Deuteronomy 32:9 .