Exodus 6:8
in Exodus 6And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.
KJV
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
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This verse in Exodus 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseWhich I did swear - נשאתי את ידי nasathi eth yadi, I have lifted up my hand. The usual mode of making an appeal to God, and hence considered to be a form of swearing. It is thus that Isa 62:8 is to be understood: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength.
This site's exposition
I will bring you in unto the land
Adam Clarke notes that the Hebrew behind I did swear reads I have lifted up my hand, the gesture that stands for an oath, as at Isaiah 62:8. The paragraph opened at verse 6 with I am the Lord and closes here with the same three words, so the promises are bracketed by the name verse 3 had raised. Almost none of the adults hearing this are brought in, which Numbers 14:29 and 14:30 record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I will bring you in unto the land,....
I will bring you into the land of Canaan, and I will give it to 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 for our satisfaction.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י | veheveti | and I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ | nasati | I lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִ֔י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לָתֵ֣ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם | leavraham | to Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| לְיִצְחָ֖ק | leyitzchak | to Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב | uleyaako | and to Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹתָ֥הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה | morashah | a possession | H4181 → | |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהֵבֵאתִ֤יand I will bring
vehevetiH935 →2568 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙I lifted up
nasatiH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִ֔יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
לָתֵ֣תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
אֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
לְאַבְרָהָ֥םto Abraham
leavrahamH85 →175 times
לְיִצְחָ֖קto Isaac
leyitzchakH3327 →108 times
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑בand to Jacob
uleyaakoH3290 →350 times
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֹתָ֥הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
לָכֶ֛םto <the> you
lakhem
מוֹרָשָׁ֖הa possession
morashahH4181 →
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
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 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
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.
- Genesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Genesis 13:15
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…
- Psalms 105:9
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- Genesis 22:16–18
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 28:15
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies2
About Exodus

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- 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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
