Exodus 6:4
in Exodus 6I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I also established My covenant with them
on Exodus 6:4-5
The covenant named here promises Canaan to Abraham and his descendants at Genesis 17:8. Verse 5 says God remembered it, as He remembered Noah at Genesis 8:1 and Rachel at 30:22. Each time the remembering marks God acting on a promise.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I have also established my covenant with them,.... With Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and with their posterity, so that it is sure and firm, and shall never be made null and void: to give them the land of Canaan; or to their children, which were as themselves: the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers; not being in actual possession of any part of it, but lived as pilgrims and strangers in it, as their posterity now did in another land not theirs; see Heb 11:9.
Note, The covenants God makes he establishes; they are made as firm as the power and truth of God can make them. We may venture our all upon this bottom.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I have also established my covenant - I have now fully purposed to give present effect to all my engagements with your fathers, in behalf of their posterity.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֨ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הֲקִמֹ֤תִי | hakimoti | I established | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִי֙ | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אִתָּ֔ם | ʾitam | with them | H854 → | 929 times |
| לָתֵ֥ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנָ֑עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם | megureihem | sojournings their | H4033 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| גָּ֥רוּ | garu | they sojourned | H1481 → | 97 times |
| בָֽהּ׃ | vah | in <the> it |
וְגַ֨םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
הֲקִמֹ֤תִיI established
hakimotiH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִי֙covenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אִתָּ֔םwith them
ʾitamH854 →929 times
לָתֵ֥תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנָ֑עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖םsojournings their
megureihemH4033 →
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
גָּ֥רוּthey sojourned
garuH1481 →97 times
בָֽהּ׃in <the> it
vah
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
Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
it leads to
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
Through
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Jeremiah 32:40
Through
Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
it leads to
- Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
- Genesis 28:15
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.