Exodus 3:15

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“God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, 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 how I am to be remembered in every generation.”

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BSBPD

“God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, 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 how I am to be remembered in every generation.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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 is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this <FI>is<Fi> My name--to the age, and this My memorial, to generation--generation.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 3:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  2. Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  3. Exodus 4:5“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  4. Exodus 6:2God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
  6. Deuteronomy 1:35“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
  7. Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  8. 1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  9. 1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
  11. Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  12. Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
  13. Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  14. Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
  15. Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
  16. Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
  17. Psalms 135:13Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
  18. Psalms 145:1I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
  19. Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  20. Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
  21. Hosea 12:5the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
  22. Hosea 12:6But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
  23. Micah 4:5Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
  24. Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

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