Exodus 3:15
in Exodus 3God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
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ASV
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
KJV
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
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This verse in Exodus 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Lord God ... - Better, Jehovah יהוה yehovâh, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. It corresponds exactly to the preceding verse, the words “I am” and “Jehovah” (Yahweh) being equivalent. This name met all the requirements of Moses, involving a two-fold pledge of accomplishment; the pledges of ancient benefits and of a new manifestation. Name ... memorial - The name signifies that by which God makes Himself known, the memorial that by which His people worship Him.
This site's exposition
this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial
The word memorial occurs here for the first time in Scripture and it is applied to the name. The name is tied in the same breath to the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, so it arrives attached to a history rather than as a bare title. Exodus 6:3 later says the fathers knew God as God Almighty and that by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them, while Genesis uses the name from 2:4 onward and Abram speaks it at 15:2. The older commentators read known there as known in the character the name declares, and the documentary reading takes the verse as evidence of separate sources.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
AND GOD SAID…I AM. Its meaning is, That I Am. 112 According to I.E. That I Am explains I Am.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
28 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ע֨וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֜ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| תֹאמַר֮ | tomar | you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יְהוָ֞ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֜ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִצְחָ֛ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וֵאלֹהֵ֥י | velohei | and [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| שְׁלָחַ֣נִי | shelachani | he has sent me | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| זֶה־ | zeh- | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| שְּׁמִ֣י | shemi | [is] name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לְעֹלָ֔ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| וְזֶ֥ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| זִכְרִ֖י | zikhri | [is] memorial my | H2143 → | |
| לְדֹ֥ר | ledor | to a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| דֹּֽר׃ | dor | generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
ע֨וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
אֱלֹהִ֜יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
תֹאמַר֮you will say
tomarH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יְהוָ֞הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֗םancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
אֱלֹהֵ֨י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אַבְרָהָ֜םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִצְחָ֛קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
וֵאלֹהֵ֥יand [the] God of
veloheiH430 →2601 times
יַעֲקֹ֖בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
שְׁלָחַ֣נִיhe has sent me
shelachaniH7971 →845 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֑םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
זֶה־this
zeh-H2088 →1180 times
שְּׁמִ֣י[is] name my
shemiH8034 →864 times
לְעֹלָ֔םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
וְזֶ֥הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
זִכְרִ֖י[is] memorial my
zikhriH2143 →
לְדֹ֥רto a generation
ledorH1755 →167 times
דֹּֽר׃generation
dorH1755 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
it leads to
- James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Hebrews 1:12
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- James 1:17
Through
Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
it leads to
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Lamentations 3:22–23
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Numbers 23:19
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.