Exodus 3:15

World English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?" ¹² He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain." ¹³ Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?" ¹⁴ God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you." ¹⁵ God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, 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 my memorial to all generations.

Bible Verse Review
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The Lord: Exodus 3:6, Exodus 4:5, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:8, Deuteronomy 1:11, Deuteronomy 1:35, Deuteronomy 4:1, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Matthew 22:32, Acts 7:32

this is my name for ever: The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, יהוה, [Strong's H3068], Yehowah, which we translate "Lord", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world (Genesis 2:2), and by which he is known to the present day. יהוה, Yehowah, from הוה, 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 אהיה, eheyeh, "I AM", in the preceding verse. Psalms 72:17, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 135:13, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 63:12

my memorial: Psalms 102:12, Hosea 12:5, Micah 4:5, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:12 - O Lord Genesis 28:13 - I am Exodus 15:2 - my father's God Exodus 15:3 - name Exodus 34:31 - called Deuteronomy 5:9 - the Lord Deuteronomy 28:58 - fear this glorious 2 Samuel 23:3 - God 1 Kings 8:23 - Lord God 1 Kings 18:36 - Lord God 1 Chronicles 16:16 - which he made 1 Chronicles 29:18 - Lord God 2 Chronicles 6:14 - O Lord God 2 Chronicles 20:6 - O Lord Psalms 47:9 - the God Psalms 59:5 - the God Psalms 67:6 - our own Proverbs 17:6 - and the Jeremiah 33:2 - the Lord Daniel 2:23 - O thou Amos 9:6 - The Lord Acts 24:14 - the God Hebrews 11:16 - to be

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 3:7
Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:8
They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

Genesis 3:13
Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:14
Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And God said moreover unto Moses,.... As a further explanation of the above name, and of the design and use of it:

thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: for their further instruction in the said name, and for the confirmation of the mission of Moses, and the success of it:

the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; he who is Jehovah, and the covenant God of the ancestors of the people of Israel, and of them, so he is called, Ecclesiastes 3:6

this [is] my name for ever: meaning either "Ehjeh, I am", in the preceding verse, or, which is the same, Jehovah in this, and so both of them, and including also the name of the God of Abraham, c. which he was always to be known by:

and this is my memorial unto all generations the name by which he should be made mention of both by himself and others, and by which he would be called to remembrance by his people, and what he had promised unto them, and done for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord God ... - Better, Jehovah יהוה y^ehovâh, 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 3:15. This is my name for ever — The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, יהוה אלהים Yehovah Elohim, which we translate the LORD GOD, the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (see Genesis 2:4.) and the name by which he is known among the same people to the present day. Even the heathens knew this name of the true God; and hence out of our יהוה Yehovah they formed their Jao, Jeve, and Jove; so that the word has been literally fulfilled, This is my memorial unto all generations. Genesis 1:1. As to be self-existent and eternal must be attributes of God for ever, does it not follow that the לעלם leolam, for ever, in the text signifies eternity? "This is my name to eternity-and my memorial," לדר דר ledor dor, "to all succeeding generations." While human generations continue he shall be called the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; but when time shall be no more, he shall be Jehovah Elohim. Hence the first expression refers to his eternal existence, the latter to the discovery he should make of himself as long as time should last. See Genesis 21:33. Diodorus Siculus says, that "among the Jews, Moses is reported to have received his laws from the God named Jao," Ιαω, i.e., Jeue, Jove, or Jeve; for in all these ways the word יהוה Yehovah may be pronounced; and in this way I have seen it on Egyptian monuments. See Diod., lib. l., c. xciv.