King James Version
Exodus 4:5 in the King James Version says “That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ha...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 4:5 · KJV
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
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.
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“That they may believe”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“hath appeared”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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