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Exodus 6:3

World English Bible

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

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Exodus 6:3 in other translations

and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

Exodus 6:3 · American Standard Version

Exodus 6:3 in context

  1. 1Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.”
  2. 2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am Yahweh.
  3. 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
  4. 4I 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.
  5. 5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.