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Selected Verse: Exodus 6:6 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ex 6:6 |
King James |
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
With a stretched out arm - The figure is common and quite intelligible; it may have struck Moses and the people the more forcibly since they were familiar with the hieroglyphic which represents might by two outstretched arms. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
redeem
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). See note, (See Scofield) - (Isa 59:20) |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
I will bring you out: I will rid you: I will redeem you: I will bring you into the land of Canaan; and, I will give it you - Let man take the shame of his unbelief which needs such repetitions, and let God have the glory of his condescending grace which gives us such repeated assurances. With a stretched out arm - With almighty power: A metaphor taken from a man that stretches out his arm, to put forth all his strength. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out, etc. - This confirms the explanation given of Exo 6:3, which see Clarke's note on Exo 6:3. |
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
3 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.
3 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.