King James Version
Exodus 6:2 in the King James Version says “And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: the LORD: or, JEHOVAH” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: the LORD: or, JEHOVAH”
Exodus 6:2 · KJV
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: the LORD: or, JEHOVAH
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“And 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
“unto him I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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