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Exodus 4:5

That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

KJV

Ut credant, inquit, quod apparuerit tibi Dominus Deus patrum suorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob.

Vulgate

ἵνα πιστεύσωσίν σοι ὅτι ὦπταί σοι ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ θεὸς Ἰακώβ.

LXX

that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

ASV

לְמַ֣עַן יַאֲמִ֔ינוּ כִּֽי נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑/ם אֱלֹהֵ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִצְחָ֖ק וֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbrahamIsaacJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Exod 3:15 — 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
  • Exod 3:15 — 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
  • Exod 3:16 — Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen
  • Exod 4:31 — And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
  • Exod 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
  • Gen 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
  • Gen 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
  • Gen 26:2 — And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
  • Gen 48:3 — And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
  • Heb 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
  • Isa 42:8 — I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
  • John 11:42 — And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.