Exo 3:6 | KD | STEP | Jehovah then made Himself known to Moses as the God of his fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, reminding him through that name of the promises made to the patriarchs, which He was about to fulfil to their seed, the children of Israel. In the expression, “thy father,” the three patriarchs are classed together as one, just as in (“my father”), “because each of them stood out singly in distinction from the nation, as having received the promise of seed directly from God” ( Baumgarten ). “ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God .” The sight of the holy God no sinful man can bear (cf. 1Ki 19:12).

‏ Exodus 3:6

Jehovah then made Himself known to Moses as the God of his fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, reminding him through that name of the promises made to the patriarchs, which He was about to fulfil to their seed, the children of Israel. In the expression, “thy father,” the three patriarchs are classed together as one, just as in Exo 18:4 (“my father”), “because each of them stood out singly in distinction from the nation, as having received the promise of seed directly from God” (Baumgarten). “And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.” The sight of the holy God no sinful man can bear (cf. 1Ki 19:12).