Exodus 6:4
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.
Exodus 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. |
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| WEB | I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. |
| 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. |
| YLT | and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned; |
| DARBY | And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners. |
| BBE | And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings. |
| Webster | And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. |
What does Exodus 6:4 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:1-9
We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to men, when we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves; when our whole dependence is placed on him, and our only expectation is from him. Moses had been expecting what God would do; but now he shall see what he will do. God would now be known by his name Jehovah, that is, a God performing what he had promised, and finishing…
Exodus 6:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 6:4
- Genesis 28:4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
- Genesis 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 17:7-8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Genesis 28:13
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Genesis 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- 2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- Psalms 105:12
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
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Context
- Exodus 6:3
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.
- Exodus 6:4
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.
- Exodus 6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Exodus 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y también establecí mi pacto con ellos, de darles la tierra de Canaán, la tierra en que fueron extranjeros, y en la cual peregrinaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et j’ai aussi établi mon alliance avec eux, pour leur donner le pays de Canaan, le pays de leur séjournement, dans lequel ils ont séjourné. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und auch habe ich meinen Bund mit ihnen aufgerichtet, ihnen das Land Kanaan zu geben, das Land ihrer Fremdlingschaft, in welchem sie als Fremdlinge geweilt haben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Pepigique fœdus cum eis, ut darem eis terram Chanaan, terram peregrinationis eorum, in qua fuerunt advenæ. |