Exo 3:6, 15-16, Act 7:32, Heb 11:16 | TSK | STEP | I am. thy father.Though the word {avicha,} "thy father," is here used in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage (Ac. 7:32), uses the plural, [Lo Theos ton patron sou,] "the God of thy fathers;" and that this is the meaning, the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and Coptic. hid.

Exodus 3:6

I am.

14,15; 4:5; 29:45; Ge 12:1,7; 17:7,8; 26:24; 28:13; 31:42; 32:9

1Ki 18:36; Es 3:4; Ps 132:2; Jer 24:7; 31:33; 32:38; Eze 11:20

Zec 8:8; Mt 22:32; Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37; Ac 7:32,32

thy father.Though the word {avicha,} "thy father," is here used in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage (Ac. 7:32), uses the plural, [Lo Theos ton patron sou,] "the God of thy fathers;" and that this is the meaning, the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and Coptic.

hid.

Ge 17:3; Jud 13:22; 1Ki 19:13; Ne 9:9; Job 42:5,6; Ps 106:44,45

Isa 6:1-5; Da 10:7,8; Mt 17:6; Lu 5:8; Ac 7:34; Heb 12:21; Re 1:17

Exodus 3:15-16

The Lord.

6; 4:5; Ge 17:7,8; De 1:11,35; 4:1; 2Ch 28:9; Mt 22:32; Ac 7:32

this is my name for ever.The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, [yhwh,] ,] {Yehowah,} which we translate "Lord", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (Ge 2:2,) and by which he is known to the present day. [yhwh,] {Yehowah,} from [hwh,] {hawah,} to be, subsist, signifies "He who is", or "subsists", i.e., eminently and in a manner superior to all other beings; and is essentially the same with [ahwh,] {eheyeh,} "I AM", in the preceding verse.

Ps 72:17,19; 135:13; 145:1,2; Isa 9:6; 63:12

my memorial.

Ps 102:12; Ho 12:5; Mic 4:5; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8

elders.

4:29; 18:12; 24:11; Ge 1:7; Mt 26:3; Ac 11:30; 20:17; 1Pe 5:1

visited.

2:25; 4:31; 13:19; 15:14; Ge 21:1; 50:24; Ru 1:6; Ps 8:4; Lu 1:68

Lu 19:44; Ac 15:14; Heb 2:6,7; 1Pe 2:12