Exodus 6:7

I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and the Israelites, speaking immediately after declaring His plan to deliver them from Egyptian bondage.

The words — לָקַחְתִּי (la.kach.Ti) translates literally as "I will take," and הָיִתִי (ha.Yi.ti) translates literally as "I will become," framing the covenant terms.

The thread — God establishing Himself as their God and taking them as His people runs through Deuteronomy 29:13 and Deuteronomy 4:20, while Deuteronomy 7:6 specifies only that He chose them as His prized possession.

Why it lands — The text requires the Israelites to acknowledge Yahweh as the sole agent who removed their Egyptian oppression before they can fully recognize the covenant reality.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨יve./la.kach.Tiand/ I will take אֶתְכֶ֥ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ youלִי֙l/ifor <the>/ myselfלְעָ֔םle./'Amto/ a people וְהָיִ֥יתִיve./ha.Yi.tiand/ I will becomeלָכֶ֖םla./Khemfor <the>/ youלֵֽאלֹהִ֑יםle./lo.Him<into>/ God וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗םvi./da'.Temand/ you will know כִּ֣יkithat אֲנִ֤י'a.NiI יְהוָה֙Yah.weh[am] Yahweh אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei./KhemGod/ your הַמּוֹצִ֣יאha./mo.Tzi'who/ brought out אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you מִתַּ֖חַתmi./Ta.chatfrom/ under סִבְל֥וֹתsiv.Lot[the] forced labor of מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimEgypt

King James Version

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 29:13 and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 4:20 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
Genesis 17:7 I 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.
Exodus 29:45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
Deuteronomy 14:2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Exodus 5:4 But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”